Testing for Convergence in Per Capita Income within ECOWAS
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Keywords
Income Convergence; Convergence Club; ECOWAS; Dip-Test;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- F36 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Financial Aspects of Economic Integration
- P44 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Other Economic Systems - - - National Income, Product, and Expenditure; Money; Inflation
- P45 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Other Economic Systems - - - International Linkages
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