Regional Inequality and the Process of National Development: A Description of the Patterns

1965/07/01 by Jeffrey G. Williamson · 1,724 citations
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Mathematics · #Computer science #Development (topology) #Economic geography #Economic growth #Economics #Energy, Environment, Economic Growth #Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth #Geography #Inequality #Mathematics #National development #Political science #Process (computing) #Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis #Regional science

paper · doi:10.1086/450136

published in Economic Development and Cultural Change 13(4, Part 2), 1-84 (University of Chicago Press)

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