Entrepreneurs and cities: Complexity, thickness and balance

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 550-559

  Helsley, Robert W ^a   Strange, William C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Entrepreneurship; Thick markets; Urban diversity

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; ENTREPRENEUR; MARKET CONDITIONS; URBAN ECONOMY;

EID: 82855178856     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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