Isserman's Impact: Quasi-experimental Comparison Group Designs in Regional Research

International Regional Science Review

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 44-68

  Feser, Edward ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

economic analysis; impact analysis; methods; regional econometric models; spatial analysis; spatial statistics and spatial econometrics; time series and forecasting models

Indexed keywords

AID POLICY; ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FORECASTING METHOD; HETEROGENEITY; PSYCHOLOGY; REGIONAL ECONOMY; REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY; RESEARCH; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 84871389854     PISSN: 01600176     EISSN: 15526925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0160017612464051     Document Type: Article

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