Penetrating the knowledge filter in "rust belt" economies

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 989-1012

  Acs, Zoltan ^a   Plummer, Lawrence A ^b   Sutter, Ryan ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; KNOWLEDGE; MODELING;

EID: 76149125201     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-008-0234-y     Document Type: Article

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