Evaluating EU Regional Policy: How might we understand the causal connections between interventions and outcomes more effectively?

Policy Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 295-308

  Hart, Mark ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 35448963496     PISSN: 01442872     EISSN: 14701006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01442870701640666     Document Type: Article

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