Related Variety and Regional Economic Growth in a Cross-Section of European Urban Regions

European Planning Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1110-1127

  van Oort, Frank ^a   de Geus, Stefan ^b   Dogaru, Teodora ^c,d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Triodos Bank   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84927697264     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2014.905003     Document Type: Article

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