Spatial econometric modeling of regional convergence in continuous time

International Regional Science Review

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 342-362

  Arbia, Giuseppe ^a   Paelinck, Jean H P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Predator prey model; Regional convergence; SDLS; Spatial dependence

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; MODELING; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0141845142     PISSN: 01600176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0160017603255974     Document Type: Article

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