Income convergence across U.S. States: An analysis using measures of concordance and discordance

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 565-589

  Webber, Don J ^a,b   White, Paul ^a   Allen, David O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVERGENCE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METHODOLOGY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27744489026     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-4146.2005.00384.x     Document Type: Review

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