Introduction: Adaptational pressures and social learning in European regional policy - Cohesion (Greece, Ireland and Portugal) vs. CEE (Hungary, Poland) countries

Regional and Federal Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 315-354

  Paraskevopoulos, Christos J ^a   Leonardi, Robert ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 8644288132     PISSN: 13597566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1359756042000261342     Document Type: Article

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