Teaching the economics of urban sprawl in the principles of economics course

Journal of Economic Education

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 295-303

  Eckenrod, Sarah B ^a   Holahan, William L ^b  

^a US General Accounting Office   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Marginal cost; Sprawl; Urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042607939     PISSN: 00220485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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