Productivity and the Density of Economic Activity

American Economic Review

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 54-70

  Ciccone, Antonio ^a,b   Hall, Robert E ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT DENSITY; LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY; NATIONAL ECONOMY; PRODUCTIVITY LEVEL; REGIONAL PATTERN;

USA;

EID: 0030449510     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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