Competition in research activity among economic departments: Evidence by negative spatial autocorrelation

Geographical Analysis

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 104-125

  Elhorst, J Paul ^a   Zigova, Katarina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

AUSTRIA; GERMANY; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84898610765     PISSN: 00167363     EISSN: 15384632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gean.12031     Document Type: Article

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