Public capital and total factor productivity: New evidence from the Italian regions, 1970-98

Regional Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 603-617

  Destefanis, Sergio ^a   Sena, Vania ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Long run relationship; Non parametric frontiers; Public capital accumulation; Total factor productivity

Indexed keywords

HUMAN CAPITAL; REGIONAL ECONOMY; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 23144440762     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400500151863     Document Type: Article

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