Measuring urban agglomeration economies with office rents

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 481-507

  Drennan, Matthew P ^a,b   Kelly, Hugh F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agglomeration economies; Office rents; Producer services; Real estate markets

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC THEORY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; PANEL DATA; URBAN ECONOMY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79954618971     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbp066     Document Type: Article

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