Determinants of local economic performance: Experience from rural England

Local Economy

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 305-318

  Courtney, Paul ^a   Moseley, Malcom ^a  

^a Countryside and Community Research Institute ^*  (United Kingdom)

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EID: 54349097528     PISSN: 02690942     EISSN: 14709325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02690940802408029     Document Type: Review

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