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An Account of Geographic Concentration Patterns in Europe

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Brülhart, M., Traeger, R. (2005). An Account of Geographic Concentration Patterns in Europe. In: De Gijsel, P., Schenk, H. (eds) Multidisciplinary Economics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-26259-8_22

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