Industrial Structure and the Sources of Agglomeration Economies: Evidence from Manufacturing Plant Production

Growth and Change

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 54-91

  Drucker, Joshua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; MANUFACTURING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874737212     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: 14682257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/grow.12002     Document Type: Article

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