Specialisation and growth: Evidence from Australia's regional cities

Urban Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 369-389

  Beer, Andrew ^a   Clower, Terry ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEREGULATION; ECONOMIC REFORM; NATIONAL ECONOMY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIALIZATION; URBAN GROWTH;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 58549095277     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098008099359     Document Type: Article

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