WHICH AGGLOMERATION EXTERNALITIES MATTER MOST AND WHY?

Journal of Economic Surveys

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 756-782

  de Groot, Henri L F ^a   Poot, Jacques ^b   Smit, Martijn J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Competition; Diversity; Meta analysis; Specialization; Urban growth

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); ECONOMIC IMPACT; EMPLOYMENT; INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; META-ANALYSIS; SPECIALIZATION; URBAN GROWTH;

EID: 84930365543     PISSN: 09500804     EISSN: 14676419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joes.12112     Document Type: Article

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