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McMaster University

Research supported by Canada Council Grant S75-0675. I would like to thank Pavlos Kanaroglou, Leslie King, and Henry Mullally for their helpful comments.

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Papageorgiou, G.J. On issues of urban policy. Papers of the Regional Science Association 39, 231–249 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01936216

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