Regional disparities in the European Union: Convergence and agglomeration

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 193-217

  Geppert, Kurt ^a   Stephan, Andreas ^a,b  

^a DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY VIADRINA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Convergence; Markov chains; Regional growth

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CONVERGENCE; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; EUROPEAN UNION; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MARKOV CHAIN; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 49949110486     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1435-5957.2007.00161.x     Document Type: Article

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