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Changing Economic Geography and Vertical Linkages in Japan
The paper studies the Japanese manufacturing industry, and finds that local knowledge spillovers and immobile specialized labor affect regional growth. Thus, while regional demand of
tradable outputs matters less, regional supply of inputs, specially non-tradable inputs, remains critical for manufacturing locations.
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