A non-parametric method to identify nonlinearities in global productivity catch-up performance

Applied Evolutionary Economics and the Knowledge-based Economy

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 231-253

  Los, Bart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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