Efficiency and TFP growth in the Spanish Regions: The role of human and public capital

Growth and Change

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 157-174

  Salinas Jiménez, Maria del Mar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN CAPITAL; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL ECONOMY; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

SPAIN;

EID: 0141872377     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2257.00212     Document Type: Article

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