Growth and convergence in income per capita and income inequality in the regions of the EU;Expansion et convergence dans les revenus par habitant et inégalité des revenus dans les régions de l'UE

Spatial Economic Analysis

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 343-370

  Tselios, Vassilis ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convergence; Europe; Income inequality; Spatial econometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350207639     PISSN: 17421772     EISSN: 17421780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17421770903114711     Document Type: Article

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