Telecommunications infrastructure and regional economic development: The case of Poland

Regional Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 713-725

  Cieślik, Andrzej ^a   Kaniewsk, Magdalena ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b Centrum Analiz Społeczno Ekonomicznych   (Poland)

Author keywords

Accession; European union; Law harmonization; Regional income disparities; Telecommunication infrastructure

Indexed keywords

INCOME; INFRASTRUCTURE; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL ECONOMY; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

EID: 4344631053     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003434042000240996     Document Type: Article

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