From baghdad to London: Unraveling urban development in Europe, the middle East, and North Africa, 800-1800

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1418-1437

  Bosker, Maarten ^a   Buringh, Eltjo ^a   van Zanden, Jan Luiten ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84885987231     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00284     Document Type: Article

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