Growth in transition: Reexamining the roles of factor inputs and geography

Economic Systems

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 233-255

  Rusinova, Desislava ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Factor inputs; Spatial dependence; Transition countries

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547958783     PISSN: 09393625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecosys.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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