TESTING FOR SPATIAL EQUILIBRIUM USING HAPPINESS DATA

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 199-217

  Goetzke, Frank ^a   Islam, Samia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; POPULATION GROWTH; PSYCHOLOGY; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN REGION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84999740181     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jors.12311     Document Type: Article

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