A Measure of the Agglomeration in Japanese Manufacturing Industries: Using an Index of Agglomeration by Ellison and Glaeser

Studies in Regional Science

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 155-175

  Tokunaga, Suminori ^a   Akune, Yuko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b GENDAI Advanced Studies Research Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

agglomeration; geographic concentration; Japanese Manufacturing Industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991400258     PISSN: 02876256     EISSN: 18806465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2457/srs.35.155     Document Type: Article

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