Urban accounting and welfare

American Economic Review

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2296-2327

  Desmet, Klaus ^a   Rossi Hansberg, Esteban ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84886080009     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.103.6.2296     Document Type: Article

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