Infrastructure investment and Spanish economic growth, 1850-1935

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 452-468

  Herranz Loncán, Alfonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cointegration; Economic growth; Industrialization; Infrastructure; Networks; Railroads; Spain; VAR

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447118926     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: 10902457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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