An empirical analysis of competing explanations of urban primacy evidence from Asia and the Americas

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 149-171

  Moomaw, Ronald L ^a,b   Alwosabi, Mohammed A ^c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN SYSTEM;

EID: 1642325159     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-003-0137-x     Document Type: Article

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