European integration, regional specialization and location of industrial activity: A survey of theoretical and empirical literature

The Emerging Economic Geography in EU Accession Countries

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 28-45

  Nijkamp, Peter ^a   Resmini, Laura ^b   Traistaru, Iulia ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

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EID: 85069589901     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315199597-13     Document Type: Chapter

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