Highways and productivity in manufacturing firms

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 93, Issue , 2016, Pages 131-151

  Holl, Adelheid ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Highways; Productivity; Transportation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978698495     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2016.04.002     Document Type: Article

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