Spatial and sectoral productivity convergence between European regions, 1975-2000

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 505-525

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

^a Université de Franche Comté ^*  (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergence; Labour productivity; Sectoral approach; Spatial econometrics

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; CONVERGENCE; ECONOMETRICS; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; SERVICE SECTOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 57749169302     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1435-5957.2007.00159.x     Document Type: Article

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