The Growth of Cities

Handbook of Economic Growth

Volumn 2, Issue , 2014, Pages 781-853

  Duranton, Gilles ^a,c   Puga, Diego ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CEMFI   (Spain)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agglomeration economies; Amenities; Land use; Transportation; Urban growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889034238     PISSN: 15740684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53540-5.00005-7     Document Type: Chapter

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