Diversity, stability and regional growth in the United States, 1975-2002

Applied Evolutionary Economics and Economic Geography

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 203-229

  Essletzbichler, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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