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A Spatial Econometric Analysis of Convergence Across European Regions, 1980–1995

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The convergence of European regions has been largely discussed in the macroeconomic and the regional science literature during the past decade. Two observations are often emphasized. First, the convergence rate among European regions appears to be very slow in the extensive samples considered (Barro and Sala-iMartin 1991, 1995; Armstrong 1995a; Sala-i-Martin 1996a, 1996b). Second, as shown in Ertur and Le Gallo (see Chap. 2), the geographical distribution of European per capita GDP is highly clustered.

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Le Gallo, J., Ertur, C., Baumont, C. (2003). A Spatial Econometric Analysis of Convergence Across European Regions, 1980–1995. In: Fingleton, B. (eds) European Regional Growth. Advances in Spatial Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-07136-6_4

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