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Regional Convergence in Chile: New Tests, Old Results

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  • Roberto Duncan
  • Rodrigo Fuentes

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Convergence tests implicitly test the unit root hypothesis for per capita income. Although the statistics do not have critical values under the null hypothesis most papers on this subject use them, with the corresponding problems for inference. This paper

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  • Roberto Duncan & Rodrigo Fuentes, 2006. "Regional Convergence in Chile: New Tests, Old Results," Latin American Journal of Economics-formerly Cuadernos de Economía, Instituto de Economía. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile., vol. 43(127), pages 81-112.
    • Handle: RePEc:ioe:cuadec:v:43:y:2006:i:127:p:81-112
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    1. Patricio Aroca & Carlos Azzoni & Mauricio Sarrias, 2018. "Regional concentration and national economic growth in Brazil and Chile," Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, Springer, vol. 11(3), pages 343-359, October.
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    3. Pablo M. Pincheira, 2014. "Convergence and Long-Run Uncertainty," Revista de Analisis Economico – Economic Analysis Review, Universidad Alberto Hurtado/School of Economics and Business, vol. 29(1), pages 17-52, April.
    4. Andrea Cayumil Fernández & Miguel Quiroga & Iván Araya & Gabriel Pino, 2022. "Can local financial depth and dependence on external funding impact regional creation of new firms in Chile?," The Annals of Regional Science, Springer;Western Regional Science Association, vol. 68(2), pages 387-406, April.
    5. García Callejas, Danny, 2011. "Per Capita GDP Convergence in South America, 1960-2007," Borradores Departamento de Economía 8983, Universidad de Antioquia, CIE.
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    9. Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel, 2006. "Chile's Economic Growth," Latin American Journal of Economics-formerly Cuadernos de Economía, Instituto de Economía. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile., vol. 43(127), pages 5-48.
    10. Juan Gabriel Brida & Silvia London & Mara Rojas, 2013. "Desempeno económico regional: un análisis dinámico para el caso chileno en el período 1960-2009," Revista de Economía del Rosario, Universidad del Rosario, November.
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    Keywords

    Convergence; economic growth; panel data; unit root tests; asymmetries; growth clubs; Chile;
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    JEL classification:

    • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
    • O40 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - General
    • N16 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - Latin America; Caribbean
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes

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