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A behavioral theory of economic development: the uneven evolution of cities and regions

by Robert Huggins and Piers Thompson, Oxford, UK, Oxford University Press, 2021, 336 pp., £75.00 (Hardback), ISBN 9780198832348. Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: February 2021, DOI:10.1093/oso/9,780,198,832,348.001.0001

Maximilian BennerUniversity of Vienna, Vienna, AustriaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 574-576 | Received 08 May 2022, Accepted 09 May 2022, Published online: 13 May 2022

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