Testing for convergence clubs in income per capita: A predictive density approach

International Economic Review

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-77

  Canova, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

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EID: 1642324084     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2354.2004.00117.x     Document Type: Article

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