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Do Public Transport Improvements Increase Agglomeration Economies? A Review of Literature and an Agenda for Research

Daniel G. Chatman Department of City and Regional Planning, College of Environmental Design, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Robert B. Noland Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center, E.J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Pages 725-742 | Received 17 Aug 2010, Accepted 10 May 2011, Published online: 17 Aug 2011

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