Industrial restructuring and regional policy

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 487-516

  Wren, Colin ^a   Taylor, Jim ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; REGIONAL POLICY; STRUCTURAL CHANGE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032879065     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/51.3.487     Document Type: Article

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