Concentration of Manufacturing and Service Sector Activities in Italy: Accounting for Spatial Dependence and Firm Size Distribution;La concentration de l'industrie et du secteur tertiaire en Italie: Tenir compte de la dépendance géographique et de la distribution des entreprises suivant leur taille

Regional Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 405-418

  De Dominicis, Laura ^a   Arbia, Giuseppe ^b   De Groot, Henri L F ^c,d,e  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^e NEI The Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Exploratory spatial data analysis; Firm size distribution; Geographic concentration; Italy; Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS SERVICE; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; FIRM SIZE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; MANUFACTURING; SERVICE SECTOR;

ITALY;

EID: 84922686726     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2011.579593     Document Type: Article

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