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Methodology for the Study of Economic and Social Convergence

In: Convergence, Cohesion and Integration in the European Union

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  • Robert Leonardi

    (London School of Economics and Political Science)

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In making the transition between the predictions of economic and political theories and analysing what has been happening in regional economies in Europe, past research has not been sensitive to the need to test hypotheses in an empirical and dispassionate manner. In order to rectify this situation, the evaluation of convergence conducted in the next three chapters will be carried out by making a two-fold distinction. Chapters 3 and 4 will concentrate on defining and evaluating the dependent variable — that is, the variable or variables that provide evidence of a change (or no change) in the cohesion gap and the level of convergence — while in Chapter 5 attention will be paid to independent variables — that is, those variables that can explain or account for, on a statistical basis, the changes observed in the dependent variable.

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  • Robert Leonardi, 1995. "Methodology for the Study of Economic and Social Convergence," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Convergence, Cohesion and Integration in the European Union, chapter 3, pages 60-85, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-37278-8_3
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230372788_3
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