Modeling structural change in the European metropolitan areas during the process of economic integration

Economic Modelling

Volumn 37, Issue , 2014, Pages 395-407

  Longhi, Christian ^a   Musolesi, Antonio ^b   Baumont, Catherine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

European economic integration; Generalized additive models; Interaction models; Metropolitan areas; Semiparametric models; Specialization; Tensor product smooths

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890702490     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2013.10.028     Document Type: Article

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