Industry mobility and geographic concentration in the European Union

We study the pattern of geographic concentration of industries in EU countries and regions between 1972 and 1995. We find that changes in concentration levels were mainly due to industry mobility rather than historical accidents and past levels of concentration as often argued by the New Economic Geography literature.

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Year of publication:	2003-05
Authors:	BARRIOS, Salvador ; STROBL, Eric
Institutions:	Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), École des Sciences Économiques de Louvain
Subject:	geographic concentration \| industry mobility \| Europe

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	CORE Discussion Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) Number 2003043
Classification:	F14 - Country and Industry Studies of Trade ; F15 - Economic Integration ; R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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