Prospects for a unified urban general equilibrium theory
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This is a short essay on open questions in urban economic theory.Download Info
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Paper provided by University Library of Munich, Germany in its series MPRA Paper with number 379.Length:
Date of creation: 06 Aug 2006
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Handle: RePEc:pra:mprapa:379
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Keywords: Urban General Equilibrium Theory; Universal Commodity Space;Other versions of this item:
- Berliant, Marcus, 2007. "Prospects for a unified urban general equilibrium theory," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 37(4), pages 466-471, July.
- R13 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - General Equilibrium and Welfare Economic Analysis of Regional Economies
- D60 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - General
- D51 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Exchange and Production Economies
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:
- NEP-ALL-2006-11-12 (All new papers)
- NEP-GEO-2006-11-12 (Economic Geography)
- NEP-URE-2006-11-12 (Urban & Real Estate Economics)
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