Centres and peripheries in Finland: Granger causality tests using panel data

Spatial Economic Analysis

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 377-390

  Tervo, Hannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Core periphery; Granger causality; Growth centre; Panel data; Regional growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 71149093953     PISSN: 17421772     EISSN: 17421780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17421770903317652     Document Type: Article

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