Path dependency and the allocation of public investment in Mexico

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 297-311

  Costa Font, Joan ^a,b   Rodríguez Oreggia, Eduardo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD IBEROAMERICANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC SPENDING; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33646244027     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c056     Document Type: Article

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