Growth equations: A quantile regression exploration

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 643-667

  Mello, Marcelo ^a   Perrelli, Roberto ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditional distribution of growth rates; Income convergence; Quantile regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141688427     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1062-9769(03)00043-7     Document Type: Article

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