Sources of convergence in the late nineteenth century

European Economic Review

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1621-1645

  Taylor, Alan M ^a,b,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergence; Economic growth; International factor movements

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC HISTORY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; NINETEENTH CENTURY;

EID: 0032696127     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(98)00054-3     Document Type: Article

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