The effects of space and scale on unconditional beta convergence: Test results from the United States, 1970-2004

GeoJournal

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 803-815

  James, Ryan D ^a   Campbell Jr , Harrison S ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergence; Spatial data analysis; Spatial econometrics; United States

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; CONVERGENCE MODEL; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; EMPIRICAL FINDINGS; SPATIAL AGGREGATION; SPATIAL DATA ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ECONOMETRICS; UNITED STATES;

EARTH SCIENCES; PLANNING;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

CONVERGENCE; ECONOMETRICS; INCOME; INVESTMENT; SPATIAL DATA; STANDARD (REFERENCE);

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884418348     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-012-9467-5     Document Type: Article

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