Causes of sprawl: A portrait from space

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 587-633

  Burchfield, Marcy ^a   Overman, Henry G ^a   Puga, Diego ^a   Turner, Matthew A ^a  

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EID: 33646379104     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.2006.121.2.587     Document Type: Article

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