''Economic Development Quarterly'' is a

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covering the field of

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. The journal's

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are Larry C. Ledebur (

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), Timothy J. Bartik (Upjohn Institute for Employment Research), and George A. Erickcek (Upjohn Institute for Employment Research). It was established in 1987 and is currently published by

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in association with

Abstracting and indexing

''Economic development Quarterly'' is abstracted and indexed in

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and the

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. According to the ''

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'', its 2017

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is 0.917, ranking it 31 out of 40 journals in the category "Urban Studies" 46 out of 57 journals in the category "Planning and Development", and 229 out of 333 journals in the category "Economics".

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