Agglomeration economies in European regions: Perspectives for objective 1 regions

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 486-494

  Dogaru, Teodora ^a,d   van Oort, Frank ^b   Thissen, Mark ^c  

^a WEST UNIVERSITY OF TIMISOARA   (Romania)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c PBL Netherlands Environmental Assesment Agency   (Netherlands)

^d Ioan Slavici University   (Romania)

Author keywords

Agglomeration economies; Cohesion policy; European Union; Objective 1 regions; Regime analysis; Specialisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051703594     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: 14679663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2011.00676.x     Document Type: Article

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