Entrepreneurship and urban growth: An empirical assessment with historical mines

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 498-520

  Glaeser, Edward L ^a   Kerr, Sari Pekkala ^b   Kerr, William R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84923057037     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00456     Document Type: Article

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