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Author: | Guimaraes, P. Figueiredo, O. Woodward, D. |
Title: | Agglomeration and the location of foreign direct investment in Portugal |
Journal: | Journal of Urban Economics
1999 : JAN, VOL. 47:1, p. 115-135 |
Index terms: | ECONOMICS FOREIGN INVESTMENT LOCATION OF INDUSTRY PORTUGAL |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | Agglomeration economies are decisive location factors. Service agglomeration has a notably strong effect while industry-level localization economies and urbanization externalities are verifiable location determinants as well. Distance from the principal cities is significant but there is no evidence that local labour cost matter. |
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