Impact of Regional Selective Assistance on sources of productivity growth: Plant-level evidence from UK manufacturing, 1990-98

Regional Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 751-765

  Harris, Richard ^a   Robinson, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Regional policy; Total factor productivity decomposition; UK manufacturing

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURING; PRODUCTIVITY; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 27644555093     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400500213648     Document Type: Article

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