Regional growth and convergence: Evidence from the United States

Regional Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 231-238

  Tsionas, Efthymios G ^a  

^a Ministry of Economy and Finance Greece   (Greece)

Author keywords

Distribution dynamics; Mixture models; Regional convergence

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; GROWTH; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034074828     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400050015078     Document Type: Article

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