Agglomeration, inequality and economic growth

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 343-366

  Castells Quintana, David ^a   Royuela, Vicente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

O1; O4; R1

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; PANEL DATA; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

EID: 84899493955     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-014-0589-1     Document Type: Article

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