Fragmentati on and complexity: Analyzing structural change in the Chicago regional economy;Fragmentación y complejidad: Análisis del cambio estructural en la economía de la región de Chicago

Revista de Economia Mundial

Volumn , Issue 23, 2009, Pages 263-282

  Romero, Isidoro ^a   Dietzenbacher, Erik ^b   Hewings, Geoffrey J D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Average propagation lengths; Chicago; Fragmentation; Input output

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049276956     PISSN: 15760162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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