Is regional growth in Italy endogenous?

Regional Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1001-1013

  Lanzafame, Matteo ^a  

^a Dipartimento di Economia Statistica Matematica e Sociologia V Pareto   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endogenous growth; Italian regions; Okun's law

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENDOGENOUS GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 70449348639     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400802093847     Document Type: Article

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