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In this paper we analyze fifty years of economic convergence for the regions of Chile, in a context of radical … political changes associated with deep economic transformations. For the analysis of convergence of GDP per capita, the sub … variable productivity. The analysis was carried out using the definitions of absolute ß convergence and s convergence, and …
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This article reviews the literature analysing the importance of infrastructure for economic growth, and performs an econometric estimation to discover the relation between the two variables in the case of Peru. Different estimators are used with panel data from the 24 regions of Peru for the...
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The aim of this paper is to analyze the theoretical and econometric implications of omitting spatial dependence in the Mankiw, Romer, and Weil (1992) model. Indeed, the international distribution of income levels and growth rates suggests the existence of large international disparities, and...
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interesting to examine whether there is any convergence in the economic growth of the Indian states or not. The findings of … present study indicates the convergence of per capita income in the pre reform period, while in the post reform period it …
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In this article I study regional growth and sub-national income convergence in India in the context of economic reforms … that have been undertaken since 1991. I also examine convergence in development inputs such as population growth, literacy … indicating no evidence of convergence in the pre- or post-reform period. Population, state capital expenditure and commercial …
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Henley A. (2005) On regional growth convergence in Great Britain, Regional Studies 39 , 1245-1260. This paper examines … recent sub-regional output data for Great Britain to identify possible economic convergence. It concludes that sub …-regional data are subject to substantial spatial autocorrelation. Conventional estimates of 'beta' convergence are subject to …
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Bajo-Rubio O. and Diaz-Roldan C. (2005) Optimal endowments of public capital: an empirical analysis for the Spanish regions, Regional Studies 39 , 297-304. Regional infrastructure policies, through increased public investment, are widely used to promote the development of poorer regions in...
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We use US county-level data to estimate convergence rates for 22 individual states. We find significant heterogeneity …. E.g., the California estimate is 19.9% and the New York estimate is 3.3%. Convergence rates are essentially uncorrelated …
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) consumption over space and time, lead to convergence in the level of capital across locations in the long-run. …
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) consumption over space and time, lead to convergence in the level of capital across locations in the long-run. …
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