An examination of Okun's law: Evidence from regional areas in Greece

Applied Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1147-1151

  Apergis, Nicholas ^a   Rezitis, Anthony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; REGIONAL ECONOMY; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

GREECE;

EID: 0042847351     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0003684032000066787     Document Type: Article

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