Capital subsidies and their impact on total factor productivity: Firm-level evidence from Northern Ireland

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-74

  Harris, Richard ^a   Trainor, Mary ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANUFACTURING; PUBLIC SPENDING; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 14744290634     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-4146.2005.00364.x     Document Type: Article

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