Regional convergence and growth in Europe: Understanding patterns and determinants

European Urban and Regional Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 375-391

  Petrakos, George ^a   Kallioras, Dimitris ^a   Anagnostou, Ageliki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

EU regions; regional convergence divergence; regional growth

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; EUROPEAN UNION; GROWTH RATE; MODELING; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 80053986251     PISSN: 09697764     EISSN: 14617145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969776411407809     Document Type: Article

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