European integration, productivity growth and real convergence

European Economic Review

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1370-1395

  Kutan, Ali M ^a,b,c,d   Yigit, Taner M ^e  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c Emerging Markets Group   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Efficiency; European Union; Growth; Integration; Productivity; Structural and cohesion funds; Structural break

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; EUROPEAN UNION; MODELING;

EID: 34548018562     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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