Proximity and investment: Evidence from plant-level data

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 861-915

  Giroud, Xavier ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; INVESTMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY; TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 84877076077     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qje/qjs073     Document Type: Article

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