Real convergence of GDP per capita in the new EU member states

Transformations in Business and Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 89-103

  Vojinović, Borut ^a   Oplotnik, Žan Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Economic convergence; Economic growth; European union; Transitional economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149124993     PISSN: 16484460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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