Cost-benefit analysis and the European Union Cohesion fund: On the social cost of capital and labour

Regional Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 211-224

  Florio, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cohesion Fund; Cost benefit analysis; Shadow wage; Social discount rate

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; REGIONAL PLANNING;

EID: 33645557499     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400600600579     Document Type: Article

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