Is the world's economic centre of gravity already in Asia?

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Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-50

  Grether, Jean Marie ^a   Mathys, Nicole A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b Swiss Federal Statistical Office   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Centre of gravity; Location of economic activity

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GLOBAL ECONOMY; GLOBALIZATION;

ASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 74949109675     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: 14754762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2009.00895.x     Document Type: Article

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