Technology clubs, technology gaps and growth trajectories

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 301-314

  Castellacci, Fulvio ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS NUPI   (Norway)

Author keywords

Convergence clubs; Growth and development; Polarization; Technological change

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONVERGENCE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWTH RATE; MODELING; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

EID: 53349096398     PISSN: 0954349X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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