Transition in regional capitals along the Volga

Post-Soviet Geography and Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 553-616

  De Melo, Martha ^a   Ofer, Gur ^b   Yossifov, Plamen ^c  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; URBAN ECONOMY;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0033366613     PISSN: 10889388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10889388.1999.10641128     Document Type: Article

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