Determinants of city growth in Brazil

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 252-272

  da Mata, D ^a   Deichmann, U ^b   Henderson, J V ^c   Lall, S V ^b   Wang, H G ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA ECONÔMICA APLICADA   (Brazil)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

City growth; Demand and supply of city population; GMM; Market potential; Transport costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547935978     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2006.08.010     Document Type: Article

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