Investigating the Catching-Up Hypothesis Using Panel Unit Root Tests: Evidence from the PIIGS
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Stochastic Convergence; Panel Uunit Root Tests; Panel LM Unit Root Tests; PIIGS. JEL Classification: C23; O47; 052.;All these keywords.
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- C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
- O47 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
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