Service industry and cumulative growth in the regions of Europe

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 333-349

  Dall'erba, Sandy ^a   Percoco, Marco ^b   Piras, Gianfranco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Europe; Regional convergence; Services; Spatial econometrics

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; ECONOMETRICS; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MANUFACTURING; MODEL TEST; PRODUCTIVITY; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SERVICE SECTOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 70449589557     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985620903019815     Document Type: Article

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