Gravity and spatial structure: The case of interstate migration in mexico

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 819-856

  Peeters, Ludo ^a  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HETEROGENEITY; MIGRATION; MODELING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84869499141     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9787.2012.00770.x     Document Type: Article

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