The European regional growth process revisited

Spatial Economic Analysis

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-25

  Dall'Erba, Sandy ^a   Percoco, Marco ^a   Piras, Gianfranco ^a  

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EID: 39649109873     PISSN: 17421772     EISSN: 17421780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17421770701733399     Document Type: Article

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