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<DIV align=left>An Introduction to Regional Economics <BR>THIRD EDITION </DIV>
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<DIV align=left>Edgar M. Hoover (deceased)<BR>Distinguished Service Professor of Economics, Emeritus <BR>University of Pittsburgh </DIV>
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<DIV align=left>Frank Giarratani<BR>Professor of Economics and <BR>Director, Center for Industry Studies<BR>Department of Economics<BR>University of Pittsburgh <BR>Pittsburgh, PA 15260 <BR>Tel: (412) 648-1741 </DIV>
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<DIV align=left><BR>This work was originally published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., copyright 1971, 1975, and 1984. In 1999, copyright was transferred from Knopf to the Hoover Family Trust and Frank Giarratani. West Virginia University's Regional Research Institute is distributing this electronic version of the text by permission. Direct copyright permission requests to Professor Giarratani at the University of Pittsburgh. <BR></DIV>
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