Endogenous city formation with production externalities: Existence of equilibrium

Journal of Public Economic Theory

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 959-978

  Lafountain, Courtney ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 35349029739     PISSN: 10973923     EISSN: 14679779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9779.2007.00339.x     Document Type: Article

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