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Account of Geographic Concentration Patterns in Europe

Using entropy indices and associated bootstrap tests, the authors describe the distribution of economic sectors across Western European regions over the 1975-2000 period. It is found that manufacturing has become gradually more concentrated, although the locational bias towards central regions has become weaker.