Regional effects of military base closures: The case of Sweden

Defence and Peace Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-97

  Andersson, Linda ^a   Lundberg, Johan ^a   Sjöström, Magnus ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Migration; Military base closures; Panel data; Regional income growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847130565     PISSN: 10242694     EISSN: 14768267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10242690600924638     Document Type: Article

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