Urbanization and city growth: The role of institutions

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 283-313

  Henderson, J Vernon ^a   Wang, Hyoung Gun ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

City size distribution; Democratization; Urban growth; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRATIZATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; STATE ROLE; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN GROWTH; URBANIZATION;

EID: 33947600747     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2006.11.008     Document Type: Article

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