Empirical polycentricity: The complex relationship between employment centers

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 25-52

  Craig, Steven G ^a   Kohlhase, Janet E ^a   Perdue, Adam W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; URBAN ECONOMY;

HOUSTON; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84954373490     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jors.12208     Document Type: Article

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