An overlooked aspect of agglomeration economies, which are positive externalities that stem from the geographic clustering of industry, is that firms contribute to the externality in addition to benefiting from the externality. This insight suggests that if firms are heterogeneous they will differ i
An analysis of firm-specific resources and foreign direct investment in the United States
β Scribed by Len J Trevino; Robert Grosse
- Book ID
- 108481023
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 113 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0969-5931
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