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Testing the convergence hypothesis for OECD countries : a reappraisal

Gadea, María Dolores; Sanz-Villarroya, Isabel - 2017

This paper reviews the results of a number of empirical studies of convergence among the OECD countries and discusses … OECD countries, there are different clusters. The parameter representing the convergence hypothesis, despite being negative … convergence between the countries that belong to the upper quantiles. Moreover, 1960–1970 is highlighted as the period in which …

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Does fiscal consolidation hurt economic growth? : empirical evidence from Spanish regions

Lago Peñas, Santiago; Vaquero-Garcia, Alberto; … - 2019

This article brings empirical evidence on the effect of fiscal consolidation in decentralized countries. The focus on Spain is justified by three reasons. First, it is one of the OECD countries most affected by the Great recession in terms of both GDP and public deficit. Second, Spain is one of...

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The shadow of cities : size, location and the spatial distribution of population in Spain

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco J.; Diez-Minguela, Alfonso; … - 2017

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Spatial econometrics : a braod view

Arbia, Giuseppe - 2016

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Catalytic effect of capital transfers in a federal context : the case of Spanish regions

Vallés Giménez, Jaime; Zárate Marco, Anabel - 2017

There is a broad theoretical consensus on the effects of transfers (desired incentive impacts and induced adverse effects). But, as the literature review shows, there is not an accepted methodology for the empirical evaluation of these effects. The authors suggest a simple but rigorous empirical...

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Polarization, growth and social policy in the case of Israel, 1997 - 2008

García-Fernández, Rosa María; Gottlieb, Daniel; … - 2013

In this paper we study income polarization by first comparing the efficiency of two statistical models to identify the number of poles in the income distribution empirically. The statistical models used are a multi-resolution analysis (MRA) and a log-normal approach (LNA). We then apply the...

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