Specialisation and growth: The detection of European regional convergence clubs

Economics Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 181-185

  Mora, Toni ^a   Vayá, Esther ^b   Suriñach, Jordi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT INTERNACIONAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Convergence clubs; European regions; Growth; Sectorial specialisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 12144262278     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2004.07.010     Document Type: Article

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