Rules of the game: The place of institutions in regional economic change

Regional Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-15

  Gertler, Meric S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Comparative capitalisms; Creative economies; Evolutionary change; Institutionalist methodologies; Institutions; Universities and local economies

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; LOCAL ECONOMY; METHODOLOGY; NEOLIBERALISM; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

EID: 77649084049     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400903389979     Document Type: Article

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