Factors conditioning the formation of European regional convergence clubs

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 911-927

  Mora, Toni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT INTERNACIONAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; FISCAL POLICY; MARKOV CHAIN; PROBABILITY; SPECIALIZATION; STOCHASTICITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 54049095276     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-007-0191-x     Document Type: Article

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