An anatomy of the geographical concentration of Canadian manufacturing industries

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 51, Issue , 2015, Pages 47-69

  Behrens, Kristian ^a,b,c,d   Bougna, Théophile ^a  

^a Logistics and Transport   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY HIGHER SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Russian Federation)

^c CIRPÉE ^*  (Canada)

^d CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canada; Location patterns; Manufacturing industries; Micro geographic data

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURING; SECONDARY SECTOR INDUSTRY;

CANADA;

EID: 84923062581     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: 18792308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2015.01.002     Document Type: Article

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