Spillovers from universities: Evidence from the land-grant program

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 87, Issue , 2015, Pages 25-41

  Liu, Shimeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Land grant universities; Short and long run effects; Spillovers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925301341     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2015.03.001     Document Type: Article

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