Harris-Todaro models with a land market

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 317-339

  Brueckner, Jan K ^a   Zenou, Yves ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Harris Todaro; Rural urban migration; Third World cities

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; LAND MARKET; METHODOLOGY; MODELING; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; URBANIZATION;

EID: 0032977175     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0462(98)00040-4     Document Type: Article

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