Regional polarization under transition: The case of Slovakia

European Planning Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 587-602

  Baláž, Vladimír ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ECONOMETRICS; INCOME; INVESTMENT; MODELING; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; TREND ANALYSIS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 34247270259     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654310600852639     Document Type: Article

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