Regional variation in productivity: A study of the Danish economy

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 195-212

  Bhattacharjee, Arnab ^a   De Castro, Eduardo ^b   Jensen Butler, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Regional growth models; Skewness; Stochastic frontier analysis; Technological trajectories; Total factor productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349142953     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: 15730441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-008-0128-0     Document Type: Article

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