Agglomeration economies, inventors and entrepreneurs as engines of European regional economic development

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 213-244

  van Oort, Frank G ^a   Bosma, Niels S ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; HUMAN CAPITAL; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; PRODUCTIVITY; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

EUROPE;

EID: 84879201977     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-012-0547-8     Document Type: Article

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