Spatial structure and productivity in US metropolitan areas

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1383-1402

  Meijers, Evert J ^a   Burger, Martijn J ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; METROPOLITAN AREA; URBAN ECONOMY; URBANIZATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956089974     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a42151     Document Type: Article

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