The economic importance of being different: Regional variations in tastes, increasing returns, and the dynamics of development

Economic Development Quarterly

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 3-16

  Cortright, Joseph ^a  

^a Impresa Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; ECONOMIC PLANNING; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036103646     PISSN: 08912424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891242402016001001     Document Type: Article

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