Income inequality, decentralisation, and regional development in Western Europe

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1278-1301

  Tselios, Vassilis ^a,b   Rodríguez Pose, Andrés ^c   Pike, Andy ^d   Tomaney, John ^d   Torrisi, Gianpiero ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Europe; Fiscal and political decentralisation; Income inequality; Income per capita; Interaction; Regions

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; EUROPEAN UNION; FISCAL REFORM; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 84864407074     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a44334     Document Type: Article

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