UK regional plant and machinery capital stocks and premature scrapping

Regional Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 737-750

  Harris, Richard I D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capital stock; Premature scrapping; UK regions

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL STOCK; INDUSTRIAL CAPITAL; MANUFACTURING; PREMATURE SCRAPPING; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

UK;

EID: 0031422186     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713693392     Document Type: Article

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