Title of article
Convergence clubs among Brazilian municipalities
Author/Authors
Eduardo Andrade، نويسنده , , M?rcio Laurini، نويسنده , , Regina Madalozzo، نويسنده , , Pedro L. Valls Pereira، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2004
Pages
6
From page
179
To page
184
Abstract
In this paper, we test the convergence hypothesis across Brazilian municipalities in Brazil from 1970 to 1996 using Quahs [Scand. J. Econ. 95 (4) (1993) 427; J. Econ. Growth 2 (1997) 27] methodology which is based on the dynamics of cross-section distributions of economies incomes. Our empirical investigation suggests that there is no convergence across Brazilian municipalities, or in other words, that there is formation of convergence clubs
Keywords
Stochastic kernel , Twin peaks , Convergence , Distribution dynamics
Journal title
Economics Letters
Serial Year
2004
Journal title
Economics Letters
Record number
435404
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