Did globalization drive convergence? Identifying cross-country growth regimes in the long run

European Economic Review

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 832-844

  Di Vaio, Gianfranco ^a,b,c   Enflo, Kerstin ^d  

^a Research and Studies Area Cassa Depositi e Prestiti   (Italy)

^b LUISS UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis   (Italy)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Globalization; Income convergence; Mixture models; Multiple regimes

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GLOBALIZATION; INCOME; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 79960237683     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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