The endogenous formation of a city: Population agglomeration and marketplaces in a location-specific production economy

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 289-324

  Berliant, Marcus ^a   Konishi, Hideo ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; LOCATION DECISION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN ECONOMY;

EID: 0034017432     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0462(99)00034-4     Document Type: Article

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