Innovative Capacity, Educational Attainment and Economic Development in the European Union: Causal Relations and Geographical Variations

European Planning Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1958-1976

  Makkonen, Teemu ^a   Inkinen, Tommi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; GRANGER CAUSALITY TEST; HUMAN CAPITAL; INNOVATION;

EID: 84890716159     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2012.722968     Document Type: Article

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