Urban structure and growth

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 597-624

  Rossi hansberg, Esteban ^a   Wright, Mark L J ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN GROWTH;

EID: 33947621036     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-937X.2007.00432.x     Document Type: Article

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