Clustering and polarization in the distribution of output: A multivariate perspective

Journal of Macroeconomics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 144-162

  Battisti, Michele ^a,b,c   Parmeter, Christopher F ^d  

^a Dipartimento di Studi su Politica   (Italy)

^b LUISS UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergence; Mixture densities; Orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873747796     PISSN: 01640704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmacro.2012.10.003     Document Type: Article

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