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Collaborative Knowledge Production in China: Regional Evidence from a Gravity Model Approach

Thomas Scherngell Foresight & Policy Development Department, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Donau-City-Strasse 1, A-1220, Vienna, AustriaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Yuanjia Hu Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Av. Padre Tomás Pereira Taipa, Macau, P. R. China E-mail: [email protected]
Pages 755-772 | Received 01 Dec 2008, Published online: 05 Jul 2010

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