The regional allocation of infrastructure investment: The role of equity, efficiency and political factors

European Economic Review

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1165-1205

  Castells, Antoni ^a   Solé Ollé, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Growth; Infrastructures; Political economy

Indexed keywords

EQUITY; GROWTH DETERMINATION; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; INVESTMENT INCENTIVE; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 13444309367     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2003.07.002     Document Type: Article

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