Evolution, path dependence and economic geography

Geography Compass

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1449-1463

  MacKinnon, Danny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77957351397     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2008.00148.x     Document Type: Article

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