The economics of smart city policies

Scienze Regionali

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 81-104

  Caragliu, Andrea ^a   Del Bo, Chiara ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Instrumental variables; Smart city; Smart urban policy; Urban growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 85043485680     PISSN: 17203929     EISSN: 2035603X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14650/88818     Document Type: Article

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