A matter of distrust: Explaining the persistence of dysfunctional beliefs in regional clusters

Growth and Change

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 341-363

  Staber, Udo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

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AGGLOMERATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548234502     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: 14682257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2257.2007.00374.x     Document Type: Article

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