Debt overhang in the Eurozone: A spatial panel analysis

Review of Regional Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-63

  Romero, Alfredo A ^a   Burkey, Mark L ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Debt overhang; Spatial panel data

Indexed keywords

DEBT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; PANEL DATA; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

EID: 84871304869     PISSN: 0048749X     EISSN: 15530892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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