The evolution of regional productivity disparities in the European Union from 1975 to 2002: A combination of shift-share and spatial econometrics

Regional Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 123-139

  Le Gallo, Julie ^a   Kamarianakis, Yiannis ^b  

^a Université de Franche Comté ^*  (France)

^b School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

European regions; Productivity disparities; Seemingly unrelated regressions (sur); Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; ECONOMETRICS; ESTIMATION METHOD; EUROPEAN UNION; FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 78650450313     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400903234662     Document Type: Article

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