Innovation, structural change and productivity growth: Evidence from Italian regions, 1980-2003

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1001-1022

  Quatraro, Francesco ^a,b  

^a Bureau of Research on Innovation   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Growth retardation; Innovation; Regional productivity growth; Structural change

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS CYCLE; ECONOMIC GROWTH; INNOVATION; MANUFACTURING; PRODUCTIVITY; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; STRUCTURAL CHANGE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 69949165323     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/ben063     Document Type: Article

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