Portage and path dependence

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 587-644

  Bleakley, Hoyt ^a,b   Lin, Jeffrey ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PORT; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; URBAN SITE;

MID-ATLANTIC STATES; MIDWEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860491096     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qje/qjs011     Document Type: Article

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