Night-time light data: A good proxy measure for economic activity?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Mellander, Charlotta ^a   Lobo, José ^b   Stolarick, Kevin ^c   Matheson, Zara ^d  

^a JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OCAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; NIGHT; RURAL AREA; SWEDEN; URBAN AREA; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIGHT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

DEMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LIGHT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84949292920     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139779     Document Type: Article

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