Recent spatial growth dynamics in wages and housing costs: Proximity to urban production externalities and consumer amenities

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 440-452

  Partridge, Mark D ^a   Rickman, Dan S ^b   Ali, Kamar ^c   Olfert, M Rose ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Consumer amenities; Remoteness; Urban hierarchy

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; METROPOLITAN AREA; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN HOUSING; WAGE DETERMINATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 78349304090     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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