Income convergence within the MENA countries: A panel unit root approach

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 685-706

  Guetat, Imène ^a   Serranito, Francisco ^b  

^a TEAM   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Catching up; Conditional convergence; Middle East and North Africa; Panel unit root tests; Regional integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845605896     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2006.08.012     Document Type: Article

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