Regional allocation of public infrastructure investment: The case of Greece

Regional Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1231-1244

  Lambrinidis, Matthew ^a   Psycharis, Yannis ^b   Rovolis, Antonis ^c  

^a PANTEION UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^c HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Infrastructure; Political business cycle; Public investment; Regional economics; Regional policy

Indexed keywords

INFRASTRUCTURE; INVESTMENT; REGIONAL PATTERN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 32144445477     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400500390057     Document Type: Article

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