How the Maastricht criteria and the Stability and Growth Pact affected real convergence in the European union a panel data analysis

Journal of Policy Modeling

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 385-399

  Soukiazis, Elias ^a   Castro, Vítor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Absolute and conditional convergence; Maastricht criteria; Panel data regressions; Sigma convergence; Stability and Growth Pact

Indexed keywords

EID: 19044365020     PISSN: 01618938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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