Measuring Human Development in the MENA Region

Emerging Markets Finance and Trade

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1179-1192

  Pinar, Mehmet ^a   Stengos, Thanasis ^b   Yazgan, M Ege ^c  

^a EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c ISTANBUL BILGI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Human Development Index; MENA region; mixed integer programming; nonparametric stochastic dominance; regional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944212170     PISSN: 1540496X     EISSN: 15580938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1540496X.2015.1080517     Document Type: Article

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