Productive cities: Sorting, selection, and agglomeration

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 507-553

  Behrens, Kristian ^a   Duranton, Gilles ^b   Robert Nicoud, Frédéric ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ENTREPRENEUR; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; PRODUCTIVITY; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84896364840     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: 1537534X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/675534     Document Type: Article

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