Urban economic growth in Europe: Testing theory and policy prescriptions

Urban Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1111-1128

  Cheshire, Paul ^a   Carbonaro, G ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL GROWTH; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; MODELLING APPROACH; PER CAPITA INCOME; URBAN ECONOMY;

EUROPE;

EID: 0030485444     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00420989650011537     Document Type: Article

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