A spatial analysis of amenity and regional economic growth in northeast region

Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 77-93

  Kahsai, Mulugeta S ^a   Gebremedhin, Tesfa G ^a   Schaeffer, Peter V ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMENITY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; NEIGHBORHOOD; POPULATION GROWTH; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857565600     PISSN: 09170553     EISSN: 1467940X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-940X.2011.00181.x     Document Type: Article

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