The Regions of Economic Well-being in Italy and Spain

Regional Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 793-816

  Murias, Pilar ^a   Novello, Simone ^b   Martinez, Fidel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Composite indicator; Data envelopment analysis; Italy and Spain; Regional economic well being; Scale

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

ITALY; SPAIN;

EID: 84861904138     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2010.504702     Document Type: Article

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