Laurini, Márcio; Andrade, Eduardo - Econometric Society - 2004
functional forms for the data. We have carried out two convergence tests - a test for Sigma convergence based on the Bootstrap … principle and a Beta convergence test using Smoothing Splines for the growth regressions. The results obtained demonstrate the … need to model the dynamics of income for Brazilian municipalities as a process of convergence clubs, using the methodology …