Is the impact of public investment neutral across the regional income distribution? Evidence from Mexico

Economic Geography

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 305-322

  Costa i Font, Joan ^a,b   Rodriguez Oreggia, Eduardo ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD IBEROAMERICANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Public investment; Quantile regression; Regional development

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INVESTMENT; REGIONAL ECONOMY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 24744470512     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2005.tb00272.x     Document Type: Article

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