Are Chinese cities too small?

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 549-576

  Au, Chun Chung ^a   Henderson, J Vernon ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; URBAN ECONOMY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33745822015     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-937X.2006.00387.x     Document Type: Article

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