"Small cities blues:" looking for growth factors in small and medium-sized cities

Economic Development Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 232-258

  Erickcek, George A ^a   McKinney, Hannah ^b  

^a WE Upjohn Institute for Employment Research   (United States)

^b KALAMAZOO COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic development growth policy; Growth policy; Ranking of small metro areas; Small metro areas

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC POLICY; METROPOLITAN AREA;

POLYOMMATINAE;

EID: 33748201116     PISSN: 08912424     EISSN: 15523543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891242406290377     Document Type: Article

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