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Comparison of cross-country measures of sigma-convergence in per-capita income, 1960–2010

Rati RamEconomics Department, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1010-1014 | Published online: 23 Oct 2017

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