A macroeconomic regression analysis of the European construction industry

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 573-597

  Pellicer, Teresa M ^a   Pellicer, Eugenio ^a   Eaton, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Europe; Macroeconomics; Production economics; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; ANNUAL TURNOVER; BIVARIATE; COBB-DOUGLAS; CONSTRUCTION SECTORS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA LIMITATIONS; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; EUROPE; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; INFORMAL ECONOMY; INTERNATIONAL CONSTRUCTION; MACROECONOMICS; PERSONNEL COSTS; PRODUCTION ECONOMICS; PRODUCTION FUNCTION; REGRESSION MODEL; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE; SMALL TO MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; PERSONNEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 77955673714     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09699980911002584     Document Type: Article

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