The Convergence Hypothesis: History, Theory, and Evidence

Open Economies Review

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 85-105

  Rassekh, Farhad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergence; Globalization; Income divergence; Neoclassical growth model; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE HYPOTHESIS; DEVELOPMENT THEORY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GLOBALISATION; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 0031829843     PISSN: 09237992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008279323832     Document Type: Article

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