Changes in the spatial distribution patterns of European regional activity: The enlargements of the mid-1980s and 2004

The Central and Eastern European Countries and the European Union

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 75-107

  Mora, Toni ^a   Vayá, Esther ^b   Surinach, Jordi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT INTERNACIONAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b AQR Group   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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EID: 84928279794     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511493515.004     Document Type: Chapter

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