New directions for urban economic models of land use change: Incorporating spatial dynamics and heterogeneity

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-91

  Irwin, Elena G ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; HETEROGENEITY; LAND USE CHANGE; MODELING; POLICY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN ECONOMY;

EID: 76349111361     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9787.2009.00655.x     Document Type: Article

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