The dynamics of city formation

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 233-254

  Henderson, J Vernon ^a   Venables, Anthony J ^b,c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Economics ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

City governance; City size; Urban developers; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 60449098815     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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