Sigma convergence versus beta convergence: Evidence from U.S. county-level data

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1083-1093

  Young, Andrew T ^a   Higgins, Matthew J ^b   Levy, Daniel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Balanced growth; Gini coefficient; Income distribution; Income equality; Solow growth model; Speed of convergence; U.S. county level data; convergence; convergence

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749119902     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4616.2008.00148.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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