Regional productivity and income convergence in the unified Germany, 1992-2000

Regional Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 755-767

  Kosfeld, Reinhold ^a   Eckey, Hans Friedrich ^a   Dreger, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Neoclassical growth theory; Regional convergence; Spatial ARMA model; Unified Germany

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; HUMAN CAPITAL; INCOME; LABOR MARKET; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; NEOCLASSICAL THEORY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 33750175486     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400600959322     Document Type: Article

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