A causal analysis of the R&D interactions between the EU and the US

Global Economy Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Atukeren, Erdal ^a  

^a KOF SWISS ECONOMIC INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

EU's Lisbon targets; Granger causality; Productivity spillovers; R D races

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049081651     PISSN: 15245861     EISSN: 15245861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1524-5861.1301     Document Type: Article

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