Growth and convergence across the United States: Evidence from county-level data

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 671-681

  Higgins, Matthew J ^a   Levy, Daniel ^a   Young, Andrew T ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 33750914848     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.88.4.671     Document Type: Article

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