The size of regions with land use for production

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 481-489

  Pflüger, Michael ^a,b,c   Tabuchi, Takatoshi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PASSAU   (Germany)

^b DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^c IZA ^*  (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Bell shaped curve of economic development; Land use for production

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; LAND USE PLANNING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SIZE EFFECT;

EID: 78349305782     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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