Some econometric issues in convergence regressions

Manchester School

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 293-307

  Di Liberto, Adriana ^a,b   Symons, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0142074255     PISSN: 14636786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9957.00347     Document Type: Article

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