Specialization of regions and concentration of industries in EU accession countries

The Emerging Economic Geography in EU Accession Countries

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 331-371

  Traistaru, Iulia ^a   Nijkamp, Peter ^b   Longhi, Simonetta ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

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EID: 85069597664     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315199597-22     Document Type: Chapter

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