Growth and convergence in a multiregional model with space-time dynamics

Geographical Analysis

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 338-355

  Elhorst, Paul ^a   Piras, Gianfranco ^b,c   Arbia, Giuseppe ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; ECONOMETRICS; ENDOGENOUS GROWTH; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWTH RATE; INCOME; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 77955136174     PISSN: 00167363     EISSN: 15384632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4632.2010.00796.x     Document Type: Article

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