New estimates of returns to scale and spatial spillovers for EU Regional Manufacturing, 1986-2002

International Regional Science Review

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 62-87

  Angeriz, Alvaro ^a   McCombie, John ^a   Roberts, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Increasing returns; Manufacturing; Productivity growth; Spatial econometrics; Verdoorn law

Indexed keywords

DEMAND ANALYSIS; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; ECONOMETRICS; ESTIMATION METHOD; EUROPEAN UNION; MANUFACTURING; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

EID: 37249083029     PISSN: 01600176     EISSN: 15526925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0160017607306750     Document Type: Article

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