Small states, islands and small states that are also islands

Studies in Regional Science

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 237-260

  Armstrong, H W ^a   Read, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Censored regression; Discriminant analysis; Economic performance; Islands; Micro states

Indexed keywords

EID: 84982913241     PISSN: 02876256     EISSN: 18806465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2457/srs.33.237     Document Type: Article

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