The duelling models: NEG vs amenity migration in explaining US engines of growth

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 513-536

  Partridge, Mark D ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amenities; Amenity growth; Migration; New economic geography; Regional growth

Indexed keywords

AMENITY; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC THEORY; MIGRATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862671389     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1435-5957.2010.00315.x     Document Type: Article

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