The effects of public capital on the productivity of the Italian regions

Applied Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 989-1002

  Marrocu, Emanuela ^a   Paci, Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; HUMAN CAPITAL; PANEL DATA; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC SPENDING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

ITALY; MEZZOGIORNO;

EID: 77950908939     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840701721083     Document Type: Article

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