Regional inequality and decentralization: An empirical analysis

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1363-1388

  Lessmann, Christian ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decentralization; Panel data; Regional inequality

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; PANEL DATA; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84864415636     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a44267     Document Type: Article

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