The effects of grant policy on technology investment in Italy

Journal of Policy Modeling

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 381-399

  Atzeni, Gianfranco E ^a   Carboni, Oliviero A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Digital divide; Information and communication technologies; Nearest neighbour matching estimator; Regional disparities; Subsidies; Treatment effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 42649124296     PISSN: 01618938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2007.10.004     Document Type: Article

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