Ukraine's diverging space-economy: The orange revolution, post-soviet development models and regional trajectories

European Urban and Regional Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 141-165

  Mykhnenko, Vlad ^a   Swain, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative economic development; Convergence; Development models; Divergence; Employment; Europe; Finance led growth; Inequality; Orange Revolution; Productivity; Transition; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMPLOYMENT; FINANCE; IMPORT; MARKET TRANSITION; POLITICAL ECONOMY; PRODUCTIVITY; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

UKRAINE;

EID: 76949085049     PISSN: 09697764     EISSN: 14617145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969776409357363     Document Type: Article

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