Income convergence across Canadian provinces in the 20th century: Almost but not quite there

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 567-592

  DeJuan, Joseph ^a   Tomljanovich, Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; REGIONAL ECONOMY; STOCHASTICITY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 28744446732     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-004-0224-7     Document Type: Article

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