Chapter 38 Agglomeration economies and urban public infrastructure

Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics

Volumn 3, Issue , 1999, Pages 1455-1495

  Eberts, Randall W ^a   McMillen, Daniel P ^b  

^a WE Upjohn Institute for Employment Research   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agglomeration economies; optimal city size; productivity; urban public infrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350099249     PISSN: 15740080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-0080(99)80007-8     Document Type: Review

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