The new economic geography and policy relevance

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 357-369

  Martin, Ron ^a   Sunley, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Model worlds; New economic geography; Proper economic geography; Real policy worlds

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; MODELING; POLICY ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 79951533214     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbq042     Document Type: Article

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