Trade and the structure of cities

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 383-404

  Cavailhès, Jean ^a   Gaigné, Carl ^b   Tabuchi, Takatoshi ^c   Thisse, Jacques François ^d,e,f,g  

^a Centre d'Economie et Sociologie Appliquees a l'Agriculture et aux Espaces Ruraux   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f PSE ^*  (France)

^g CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

City structure; Communication costs; Commuting costs; Secondary business centers; Trade costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848906277     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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