Spatial analysis of economic convergence

Palgrave Handbook of Econometrics: Volume 2: Applied Econometrics

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1251-1290

  Rey, Sergio J ^a   Le Gallo, Julie ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

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DOI: 10.1057/9780230244405_27     Document Type: Chapter

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