Bicycle use in Germany: Explaining differences between municipalities with social network effects

Urban Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 427-437

  Goetzke, Frank ^a   Rave, Tilmann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b IFO INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBABILITY; SHOPPING ACTIVITY; SOCIAL NETWORK; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

GERMANY;

EID: 78751624042     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098009360681     Document Type: Article

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