Modeling knowledge networks in economic geography: a discussion of four methods

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 423-452

  Broekel, Tom ^a   Balland, Pierre Alexandre ^b   Burger, Martijn ^c   van Oort, Frank ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

D85; O32; R11

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939487287     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-014-0616-2     Document Type: Article

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