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dc.contributor.authorBickenbach, Franken
dc.contributor.authorBode, Eckhardten
dc.contributor.authorKrieger-Boden, Christianeen
dc.date.accessioned2010-11-18-
dc.date.accessioned2010-12-09T09:47:02Z-
dc.date.available2010-12-09T09:47:02Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/43120-
dc.description.abstractThis paper solves one of the puzzles in the analysis of regional and industrial distributions of economic activity, the discrepancy between absolute and relative measures. It shows that the difference between an absolute and a relative Theil index of localization can be expressed in terms of absolute and relative concentration and specialization measures. This helps understand and explore why absolute and relative measures frequently evolve in opposite directions. The paper shows for the EU-15 and for UK manufacturing that this divergence originates mainly from the industrial dimension and is largely a statistical artifact inherited from the characteristics of industry classifications.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aKiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) |cKielen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aKiel Working Paper |x1660en
dc.subject.jelC43en
dc.subject.jelR12en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordLocalizationen
dc.subject.keywordConcentrationen
dc.subject.keywordSpecializationen
dc.subject.keywordTheil indexen
dc.subject.stwRegionale Konzentrationen
dc.subject.stwWirtschaftskonzentrationen
dc.subject.stwArbeitsteilungen
dc.subject.stwDisparitätsmaßen
dc.subject.stwIndexen
dc.subject.stwTheorieen
dc.subject.stwEU-Staatenen
dc.subject.stwGroßbritannienen
dc.titleClosing the gap between absolute and relative measures of localization, concentration or specialization-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn640186327en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:ifwkwp:1660en

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