Relative sources of european regional productivity convergence: A bootstrap frontier approach

Regional Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 643-659

  Enflo, Kerstin ^a   Hjertstrand, Per ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Efficiency; Regional convergence

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; CAPITAL; CONVERGENCE; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70449484269     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400701874198     Document Type: Article

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