Macroeconomic implications of agglomeration

Econometrica

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 731-764

  Davis, Morris A ^a   Fisher, Jonas D M ^b   Whited, Toni M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Density; Economic growth; Increasing returns; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897058839     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/ECTA9029     Document Type: Article

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