Impact Evaluation of Investments in the Appalachian Region: A Reappraisal
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Keywords
Quasi Experimental Methods; Matching Algorithms; Appalachian Regional Commission; Regional Economic Development;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
- O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
- C00 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - General - - - General
- C01 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - General - - - Econometrics
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-GER-2015-08-30 (German Papers)
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