Agricultural productivity in the european regions: Trends and explanatory factors

European Urban and Regional Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 113-135

  Ezcurra, Roberto ^a   Iráizoz, Belen ^a   Pascual, Pedro ^a   Rapún, Manuel ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

agricultural productivity; European Union; regions

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; EUROPEAN UNION; NONLINEARITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

EUROPE;

EID: 79956049110     PISSN: 09697764     EISSN: 14617145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969776410381037     Document Type: Article

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