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Income convergence in Southern Africa: A non-linear time-varying coefficients framework

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  • Ntokozo P. Nzimande

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This article investigated income per capita convergence in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) over the period 1980-2017 in a non-linear time-varying coefficients framework. The findings of the study suggested no overall income convergence in the SADC region, but evidence supporting the existence of convergence clubs was found indicating that the SADC comprises five convergence […]

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  • Ntokozo P. Nzimande, 2021. "Income convergence in Southern Africa: A non-linear time-varying coefficients framework," Working Papers 858, Economic Research Southern Africa.
  • Handle: RePEc:rza:wpaper:858
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    Keywords

    Commodity prices; Emerging economies; Social welfare;
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    JEL classification:

    • C1 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General
    • E13 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General Aggregative Models - - - Neoclassical
    • E2 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment
    • O40 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - General
    • O41 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - One, Two, and Multisector Growth Models
    • R3 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location

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