Economic geography and endogenous determination of transport technology

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 498-518

  Takahashi, Takaaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Core periphery pattern; Lock in effect; Modern transport technology; Symmetric pattern; Traditional transport technology; Transport cost

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749618700     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2006.04.009     Document Type: Article

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