Urban evolutions: The fast, the slow, and the still

American Economic Review

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 197-221

  Duranton, Gilles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 34249686526     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.97.1.197     Document Type: Article

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