Convergence in West German regional unemployment rates

German Economic Review

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 510-535

  Bayer, Christian ^a   Jüßen, Falko ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Stochastic convergence; Structural break; Unemployment; Unitroot

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL POLICY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC;

EID: 35348947512     PISSN: 14656485     EISSN: 14680475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0475.2007.00416.x     Document Type: Article

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