Income inequality and economic convergence in Turkey

Transition Studies Review

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 559-568

  Yıldırım, Julide ^a   Öcal, Nadir ^b  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Convergence; Income inequality; Spatial analysis; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750437297     PISSN: 16144007     EISSN: 16144015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11300-006-0124-x     Document Type: Article

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