Convergence across Spanish provinces: Cross-section and pairwise evidence

Webber, Don J.; White, Paul; Minondo, A.; Allen, David O.

Abstract

Distribution free statistics are employed to investigate biennial income per capita convergence across 52 Spanish provinces over the period 1955-1997. Based upon ideas of concordance and discordance that capture convergence and divergence properties, the paper presents results that suggest convergence is dominant for the full sample over the entire period but with slow and variable evolution coupled with gradual changes in rank position.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2012
• Journal: Empirical Economics Letters
• Print ISSN: 1681-8997
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 611-622
• Keywords: convergence, concordance, Spanish provinces, income per capita
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/956323
• Publisher URL: http://www.eel.my100megs.com/volume-11-number-6.htm