Examining the consistency of spatial association patterns across socio-economic indicators: An application to the Greek regions

Empirical Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-49

  Monastiriotis, Vassilis ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ESDA; Greece; Persistence; Spatial association

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA SET; HETEROGENEITY; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 67649994280     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-008-0221-2     Document Type: Article

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