Heading for divergence? Regional growth in Europe reconsidered

Journal of Common Market Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 431-448

  Fagerberg, Jan ^a   Verspagen, Bart ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS NUPI   (Norway)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0039056137     PISSN: 00219886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5965.1996.tb00580.x     Document Type: Article

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