Cities and growth: Theory and evidence from France and Japan

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 4-5, 1997, Pages 443-474

  Eaton, Jonathan ^a   Eckstein, Zvi ^b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Endogenous growth; Human capital; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000393036     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0166-0462(97)80005-1     Document Type: Article

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