Central, Eastern, and Southeastern European Countries’ Convergence: A Look at the Past and Considerations for the Future
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Convergence; Central and eastern Europe; Total factor productivity; Demographics; Innovation; Institutions;All these keywords.
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- E0 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General
- E02 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General - - - Institutions and the Macroeconomy
- E1 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General Aggregative Models
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