Agglomeration, agriculture, and the perspective of the periphery;Agglomération, agriculture, et la perspective de la périphérie

Spatial Economic Analysis

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-72

  Gruber, Stefan ^a,b   Soci, Anna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agriculture; New economic geography; Periphery; Remote and rural areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951561161     PISSN: 17421772     EISSN: 17421780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17421770903511353     Document Type: Article

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