Productivity and convergence across U.S. states and industries

Empirical Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 113-135

  Bernard, Andrew B ^a   Jones, Charles I ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergence; Economic growth; Industry composition; Labor productivity; Panel unit roots

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001358824     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01205496     Document Type: Article

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