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Related versus unrelated variety and per employee income regional disparities: A case of Polish regions

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|Oct 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2022-0017 | Journal eISSN: 2084-6118 | Journal ISSN: 0867-6046
Language: English
Page range: 178 - 184
Submitted on: Jan 25, 2021
Accepted on: Oct 9, 2022
Published on: Oct 31, 2022
Published by: University of Warsaw
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 times per year

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