Convergence clubs among Brazilian municipalities

被引:21
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作者
Andrade, E [1 ]
Laurini, M [1 ]
Madalozzo, R [1 ]
Pereira, PLV [1 ]
机构
[1] Ibmec Business Sch, BR-01323001 Sao Paulo, Brazil
关键词
convergence; twin peaks; distribution dynamics; stochastic kernel;
D O I
10.1016/j.econlet.2003.11.005
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
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. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:179 / 184
页数:6
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