Threshold effects and regional economic growth - Evidence from West Germany

Economic Modelling

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-80

  Funke, Michael ^a   Niebuhr, Annekatrin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b Hamburgisches Welt Wirtschafts Archiv   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; Human capital; Regional economic growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 12144269551     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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