Simple measures of convergence in per capita GDP: A note on some further international evidence

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 343-347

  Boyle, G E ^a   McCarthy, T G ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; METHODOLOGY;

EID: 0032773421     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135048599353041     Document Type: Article

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