The growing localness of the Canadian City, or, on the continued (Ir)relevance of economic base theory

Local Economy

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 163-185

  Rutland, Ted ^a   O'Hagan, Sean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NIPISSING UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 34547350819     PISSN: 02690942     EISSN: 14709325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02690940701416727     Document Type: Article

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