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Central bank research hub - JEL classification J49: Other

The economic importance of the Belgian ports : Flemish maritime ports, Liège port complex and the port of Brussels - Report 2016

by Marc Van Kerckhoven , Claude Mathys , François Coppens , Jean-Pierre Merckx and Pascal Ringoot

National Bank of Belgium Working Papers (Paper: 342, 01.04.2018)

JEL: C67, C80, J21, J49, R11, R15

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