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The functional economic area: Delineation and implications for economic analysis and policy

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    Karl A. Fox & T. Krishna Kumar

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The senior author takes full responsibility for all ideas, judgments, and remarks expressed in Section I. The authors are jointly responsible for the remainder of the paper.

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Fox, K.A., Krishna Kumar, T. The functional economic area: Delineation and implications for economic analysis and policy. Papers of the Regional Science Association 15, 57–85 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01947866

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