Economic growth and human capital in the post-knowledge era: A focus on positive externalities and spillover effects of knowledge in italy and the emergency of the less developed areas

Journal of Industrial Integration and Management

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Lima, Rita ^a  

^a ITALIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gmm sys estimator; Growth; Human capital; Industrial integration; Pooled panel data; R D

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019570395     PISSN: 24248622     EISSN: 24248630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S242486221650010X     Document Type: Article

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