Variations on economic convergence: The case of the United States

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 259-278

  Checherita, Cristina D ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditional convergence; Public capital stock; Regional economic growth; Spatial analysis; State modelling

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; CONVERGENCE; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN CAPITAL; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NONLINEARITY; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TAX SYSTEM;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650142523     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1435-5957.2008.00202.x     Document Type: Article

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