Regional convergence and the impact of European structural funds over 1989-1999: A spatial econometric analysis

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 219-244

  Dall'erba, Sandy ^a,b   Le Gallo, Julie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c Universitéde Franche Comté ^*  (France)

Author keywords

European structural funds; Geographic spillovers; Spatial econometrics; convergence

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; ECONOMETRICS; ESTIMATION METHOD; INVESTMENT; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL POLICY; SIMULATION; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

EID: 49949083829     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1435-5957.2008.00184.x     Document Type: Article

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