Unpacking the theory-policy interface of local economic development: An analysis of Cardiff and Liverpool

Urban Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 1019-1039

  Boland, Philip ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC POLICY; ECONOMIC THEORY; URBAN ECONOMY;

CARDIFF [WALES]; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LIVERPOOL [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34547461571     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00420980701320736     Document Type: Article

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