• Title of article

    Testing for catching-up periods in time-series convergence

  • Author/Authors

    Jan Bentzen، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2005
  • Pages
    6
  • From page
    323
  • To page
    328
  • Abstract
    A time-series test procedure related to the question of catching-up – or periods characterized by different rates of convergence – is introduced. Based on 1950–2000 data for real GDP per capita, the majority of 20 OECD countries are found to catch-up and converge towards the USA.
  • Keywords
    Income growth and convergence , Time-series tests , Catching-up
  • Journal title
    Economics Letters
  • Serial Year
    2005
  • Journal title
    Economics Letters
  • Record number

    435744