Spatial heterogeneity in the costs of the economic crisis in Europe: Are cities sources of regional resilience?

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 951-972

  Capello, Roberta ^a   Caragliuy, Andrea ^a   Fratesi, Ugo ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agglomeration economies; Financial crisis; Forecasting; Scenario simulation; Territorial capital

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CAPITAL; ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FORECASTING METHOD; HETEROGENEITY; MACROECONOMICS;

EID: 84940865347     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbu053     Document Type: Article

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