Evidencing European regional convergence clubs with optimal grouping criteria

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 937-940

  Mora, Toni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT INTERNACIONAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 31544480658     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504850500119120     Document Type: Article

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