Greece and the balkans: The challenge of integration

Integration and Transition in Europe: The Economic Geography of Interaction

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 269-294

  Petrakos, George ^a   Christodoulakis, Nikos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

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EID: 78049435534     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203354469-22     Document Type: Chapter

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