Malthus living in a slum: Urban concentration, infrastructure and economic growth

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 92, Issue , 2016, Pages 31-47

  Castells Quintana, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Congestion diseconomies; Growth; Infrastructure; Sub saharan Africa; Urban concentration; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954134879     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2015.12.001     Document Type: Article

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