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100			_aMcGrath, Daniel T.
245			_aMore evidence on the spatial scale of cities
260			_c2005
300			_ap.1-10.
362			_aJul
520			_aThis study re-examines the 1983 study by Brueckner and Fansler that empirically estimated the determinants of urbanized land areas, regressing land area on population, income, transportation costs, and agricultural land values. This study, however, utilizes a larger, more comprehensive data set of metropolitan statistical areas over a longer period of time. The estimation results, consistent with Bruecker and Fansler, confirm that the simple monocentric model is empirically robust and that the standard economic factors identified by urban economic theory explain the majority of spatial variation in the sizes the largest US metropolitan regions over the post-war period. - Reproduced.
650			_aUrbanization
773			_aJournal of Urban Economics
909			_a67109
999			_c67109 _d67109