Inside the Great Recession: University Products and Regional Economic Development

Growth and Change

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 153-173

  Lendel, Iryna ^a   Qian, Haifeng ^b  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; METROPOLITAN AREA; REGIONAL ECONOMY; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84957648975     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: 14682257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/grow.12151     Document Type: Article

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