Agglomeration, accessibility and industrial location: Evidence from Spain

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 135-173

  Alañón Pardo, Ángel ^a   Arauzo Carod, Josep Maria ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

accessibility; geographical scope of agglomeration economies; industrial location; Spanish municipalities; spatial econometrics; spatial statistics

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMETRICS; INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; LOCATION DECISION; MANUFACTURING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

SPAIN;

EID: 84875319492     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2012.710263     Document Type: Article

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