Objective one funding in the UK: A critical assessment

Regional Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 937-951

  Gripaios, Peter ^a   Bishop, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Objective One UK regions; Regional definitions; Regional indicators; Structural fund weaknesses

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33751335879     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400600877839     Document Type: Article

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