Density and creativity in U.S. Regions

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 461-478

  Knudsen, Brian ^a   Florida, Richard ^b   Stolarick, Kevin ^b   Gates, Gary ^c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Creativity; Density; Innovation; Metropolitan areas; Spillovers

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; DENSITY; INNOVATION; METROPOLITAN AREA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGIONAL ECONOMY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60549116628     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045600701851150     Document Type: Article

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