The Economic Transition and Growth of Philippine Regions
Mapa, Dennis S. and Sandoval, Monica Flerida B
School of Statistics, University of the Philippines Diliman
January 2011
Online at https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/28267/
MPRA Paper No. 28267, posted 22 Jan 2011 16:19 UTC
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