Agglomeration and growth: Cross-country evidence

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 48-63

  Brülhart, Marius ^a,b   Sbergami, Federica ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Dynamic panel estimation; Economic growth; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 56449099220     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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