Specialization and asymmetries in macroeconomic fluctuations: Evidence for the European regions

Regional Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 695-706

  Pons Novell, Jordi ^a   Tirado Fabregat, Daniel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Business cycles; Economic integration; Regional specialization; Risk sharing; Spatial econometrics

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS CYCLE; ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; MACROECONOMICS; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 33750183406     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400600660755     Document Type: Article

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