Regional heterogeneity, conditional convergence and regional inequality

Regional Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 475-488

  Beenstock, Michael ^a   Felsenstein, Daniel ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Conditional convergence; Inequality; Mobility; Regional homogeneity

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC RELATIONS; HETEROGENEITY; MOBILITY; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

EID: 46749135666     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400701291500     Document Type: Article

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