It takes a village: A test of the creative class, social capital, and human capital theories

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 311-333

  Hoyman, Michele ^a   Faricy, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Creative class; Human capital; Social capital; Urban economic development

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; HUMAN CAPITAL; POLICY MAKING; SOCIAL CAPITAL; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN GROWTH;

EID: 57449112077     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: 15528332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078087408321496     Document Type: Article

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