Chapter 49 Evidence on the nature and sources of agglomeration economies

Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages 2119-2171

  Rosenthal, Stuart S ^a   Strange, William C ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

agglomeration economies; C1; D2; external economies; microfoundations; O4; productivity; R0; urban growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 66049107149     PISSN: 15740080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-0080(04)80006-3     Document Type: Chapter

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