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About the origin of cities

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  • Angela De Palma
  • Yorgo Papageorgiou
  • Jacques-François Thisse
  • Filipp Ushchev

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  • Angela De Palma & Yorgo Papageorgiou & Jacques-François Thisse & Filipp Ushchev, 2019. "About the origin of cities," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/387740, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
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