Capital cities: When do they stop growing?

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 49-62

  Dascher, Kristof ^a  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY VIADRINA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capital city; Public goods; Urban growth

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; URBAN GROWTH;

EID: 1642553125     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s101100100089     Document Type: Review

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