How 'provincial' is your region? openness and regional performance in Europe

Regional Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 935-947

  Gambardella, Alfonso ^a   Marian, Myriam ^a   Torrisi, Salvatore ^a,b  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

European regions; Openness; Regional advantages; Regional performance; Technology

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ECONOMIC POLICY; INFRASTRUCTURE; INVESTMENT; REGIONAL ECONOMY; REGIONAL PLANNING;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 70349597017     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400801932268     Document Type: Article

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