Brakman, Steven (contributor); Garretsen, Harry (contributor) - 2005
structural model parameters for the NUTS II EU regions. These estimations enable us to come up with an empirically grounded free …-ness of trade parameter. In line with NEG theory, the estimation results show that a spatial wage structure exists for the EU … EU. Agglomeration forces appear to be rather localized. At the same time, confronting our empirical results with the …