Socio-economic gaps within the EU: A comparison

International Advances in Economic Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 365-378

  Niroomand, Farhang ^a   Nissan, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergence; EU enlargement; European union; Socio economic indicators

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547121446     PISSN: 10830898     EISSN: 1573966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11294-007-9092-0     Document Type: Article

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