Composite indicators as a useful tool for international comparison: The Europe 2020 example

Prague Economic Papers

Volumn , Issue 4, 2013, Pages 459-473

  Hudrliková, Lenka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Benefit of doubt analysis; Composite indicator; International comparison; Multi criteria analysis; Principal component analysis; The Europe 2020 indicators

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919620971     PISSN: 12100455     EISSN: 2336730X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18267/j.pep.462     Document Type: Article

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