Identifying and interpreting regional convergence clusters across Europe

Economic Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 502, 2005, Pages

  Corrado, Luisa ^a   Martin, Ron ^b   Weeks, Melvyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 15044345842     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-0133.2005.00984.x     Document Type: Article

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