Physical capital stock, technological upgrading and modernisation in Hungary

Acta Oeconomica

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 201-221

  Szalavetz, Andrea ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Capital accumulation; Capital skill complementarity

Indexed keywords

HUMAN CAPITAL; MODERNIZATION; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY; WORLD;

EID: 22144489547     PISSN: 00016373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AOecon.55.2005.2.4     Document Type: Article

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