Do birds of a feather flock together?: Economic linkage and geographic proximity
β Scribed by Jungyul Sohn
- Book ID
- 105849533
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 573 KB
- Volume
- 38
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0570-1864
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