Testing the 'new economic geography': A comparative analysis based on EU regional data

New Directions In Economic Geography

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 70-97

  Fingleton, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77951624612     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781847204219.00007     Document Type: Chapter

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