... mills survived beyond that, thus growth was not necessary for survival, but characteristic of the early phase of the mill life cycle. Less integrated mills grew slower. So did more specialized mills and more so if they produced mostly paper. Mill location was uncorrelated with growth, but location...

... in the past two decades. A formal model to test the hypothesised implication of increasing wastepaper recovery on the locational choice is then outlined and empirically tested on data from 13 Western European countries. We find a clear correlation between wastepaper recovery and the locational choice...