Productivity and income per capita convergence in a peripheral European economy: The Irish experience

Regional Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 223-234

  Birnie, J E ^a   Hitchens, D M W N ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Income per capita; Ireland; Manufacturing; Productivity; Transfer pricing; UK

Indexed keywords

GDP; INCOME CONVERGENCE; PERIPHERAL ECONOMY; PRODUCTIVITY CONVERGENCE;

IRELAND; UK;

EID: 0031829463     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343409850119724     Document Type: Article

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