‘Institutional Thickness’: Local Governance and Economic Development in Birmingham, England

  1. ANDREW COULSON1,*,
  2. CATERINA FERRARIO2,*

Article first published online: 23 AUG 2007

DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2007.00739.x

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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volume 31, Issue 3, pages 591–615, September 2007

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COULSON, A. and FERRARIO, C. (2007), ‘Institutional Thickness’: Local Governance and Economic Development in Birmingham, England. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 31: 591–615. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2007.00739.x

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  1. 1

    Institute of Local Government Studies, J.G. Smith Building, University of Birmingham, UK

  2. 2

    Department of Economics Institutions and Territory, University of Ferrara, Italy

*Andrew Coulson (a.c.coulson@bham.ac.uk), Institute of Local Government Studies, J.G. Smith Building, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK and Caterina Ferrario (c.ferrario@economia.unife.it), Department of Economics Institutions and Territory, University of Ferrara, Via Voltapaletto 11, 44100 Ferrara, Italy.

  1. We would like to thank twenty interviewees for contributing to this work with their time and thoughts, Birmingham Economic Information Centre for economic data, and two anonymous referees for helpful suggestions, while ourselves remaining solely responsible for the contents of this article.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 23 AUG 2007
  2. Article first published online: 23 AUG 2007

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