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Comparative advantage and economic geography : estimating the determinants of industrial location in the EU

Midelfart-Knarvik, Karen Helene, Overman, Henry G. ORCID: 0000-0002-3525-7629 and Venables, Anthony (2001) Comparative advantage and economic geography : estimating the determinants of industrial location in the EU. CEPR Discussion papers (2618). Centre for Economic Policy Research, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

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Abstract

We develop and econometrically estimate a model of the location of industries across countries. The model combines factor endowments and geographical considerations, and shows how industry and country characteristics interact to determine the location of production. We estimate the model on sectoral data for EU countries over the period 1980-97, and find that endowments of skilled and scientific labour are important determinants of industrial structure, as also are forward and backward linkages to industry.

Item Type: Monograph (Discussion Paper)
Official URL: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/geographyAndEnvir...
Additional Information: Copyright © 2001 K.H. Midelfart-Knarvik, H.G. Overman & A.J. Venables. LSE has developed LSE Research Online so that users may access research output of the School. Copyright and Moral Rights for the papers on this site are retained by the individual authors and/or other copyright owners. Users may download and/or print one copy of any article(s) in LSE Research Online to facilitate their private study or for non-commercial research. You may not engage in further distribution of the material or use it for any profit-making activities or any commercial gain. You may freely distribute the URL (<http://eprints.lse.ac.uk>) of the LSE Research Online website.
Divisions: LSE
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General)
H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
Date Deposited: 14 Mar 2006
Last Modified: 04 Oct 2023 23:48
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/677

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