Convergence at last? Evidence from transition countries

Eastern European Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 55-80

  Polanec, Sašo ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; MARKET CONDITIONS; NATIONAL ECONOMY; PRODUCTIVITY; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

EID: 4143137437     PISSN: 00128775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00128775.2004.11041081     Document Type: Article

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