Composition, similarity, and the measurement of economic homogeneity

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 591-616

  Chandra, Siddharth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

EID: 27744473957     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-4146.2005.00385.x     Document Type: Review

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