Regional factor price convergence across four major European countries

Regional Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 773-782

  Webber, Don J ^a   White, Paul ^b  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concordance; Convergence; Factor rewards; Labour; Regions

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; EUROPEAN UNION; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; PRICE DETERMINATION;

EUROPE;

EID: 0242381338     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0034340032000128703     Document Type: Article

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