Public infrastructure investments and regional specialization: empirical evidence from Greece

Regional Science Policy and Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 265-289

  Tsekeris, Theodore ^a   Vogiatzoglou, Klimis ^b  

^a Centre of Planning and Economic Research   (Greece)

^b Hoa Sen University   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

H54; infrastructure networks; market access; O18; public investment; R12; R42; R58; Regional specialization; transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949236427     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rsp3.12040     Document Type: Article

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