Does Economic Globalization affect Regional Inequality? A Cross-country Analysis

World Development

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 92-103

  Ezcurra, Roberto ^a   Rodríguez Pose, Andrés ^b  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic globalization; Regional inequality

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; GLOBALIZATION; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

EID: 84882250729     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.07.002     Document Type: Article

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