Understanding regional inequalities in small countries

Regional Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 647-658

  Felsenstein, Daniel ^a   Portnov, Boris A ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Inequality; Regional disparities; Small countries

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

EID: 23144457436     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400500151921     Document Type: Article

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