Factors Explaining the Spatial Agglomeration of the Creative Class: Empirical Evidence for German Artists

European Planning Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2438-2463

  Alfken, Christoph ^a   Broekel, Tom ^a   Sternberg, Rolf ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CLASS; LABOR MARKET; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; REGIONAL ECONOMY; REGIONAL PLANNING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GERMANY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84948105552     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2014.979767     Document Type: Article

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