Measuring regional economic efficiency: The case of Greek prefectures

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 603-632

  Halkos, George Emmanuel ^a,b   Tzeremes, Nickolaos G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

C67; O18; P25; R58

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC POLICY; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; INVESTMENT; NEOCLASSICAL THEORY; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL ECONOMY; REGIONAL POLICY;

GREECE;

EID: 78049423779     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-009-0287-6     Document Type: Article

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