Economic geography and European integration: The effects on the EU's external border regions

International Journal of Public Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 146-162

  Petrakos, George ^a   Topaloglou, Lefteris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Borders; Distance; Economic geography; Integration; Market size

Indexed keywords

EID: 47149117120     PISSN: 17400600     EISSN: 17400619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPP.2008.019064     Document Type: Article

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