'Urban concentration: The role of increasing returns and transport costs

International Regional Science Review

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 5-30

  Krugman, Paul ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMATES;

CITY GROWTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; TRANSPORT COSTS; URBAN CONCENTRATION;

EID: 0030326326     PISSN: 01600176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016001769601900202     Document Type: Article

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