Spatial inequality, globalization, and footloose capital

Economic Theory

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 213-238

  Takahashi, Toshiaki ^a   Takatsuka, Hajime ^b   Zeng, Dao Zhi ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Footloose capital; Globalization; Home market effect; Spatial inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877623980     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: 14320479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-011-0686-7     Document Type: Article

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