A productivity model of city crowdedness

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 715-722

  Rappaport, Jordan ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Population density; Productivity; Urban agglomeration

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949096096     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2007.04.008     Document Type: Article

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