Infrastructure and Growth in a Spatial Framework: Evidence from the EU regions

European Planning Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1393-1414

  Del Bo, Chiara F ^a   Florio, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; EUROPEAN UNION; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPILLOVER EFFECT; TELECOMMUNICATION; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

EID: 84864008002     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2012.680587     Document Type: Article

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