Cities, hinterlands and agglomeration shadows: Spatial developments in Finland during 1880-2004

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 476-486

  Tervo, Hannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Finland; Granger causality; Growth centers; New economic geography; Peripheral regions; Rank size rule; Regional development; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958497859     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: 10902457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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