Public capital, regional productivity and spatial spillovers

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 471-494

  Ezcurra, Roberto ^a   Gil, Carlos ^a   Pascual, Pedro ^a   Rapún, Manuel ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRODUCTIVITY; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 20644455045     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-005-0232-2     Document Type: Article

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