The econometrics of convergence

Palgrave Handbook of Econometrics: Volume 2: Applied Econometrics

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1087-1118

  Durlauf, Steven N ^a   Johnson, Paul A ^b   Temple, Jonathan R W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1057/9780230244405_23     Document Type: Chapter

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