Labor specialization, transport costs, and city size

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 553-573

  Duranton, Gilles ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Transportation economics; Urban history; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS; URBAN HISTORY; URBANIZATION;

PRIMATES;

EID: 0032468029     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0022-4146.00110     Document Type: Article

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