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How are cities working in the Spanish territorial development? ( 1985-2000)

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The economic regional convergence process has attracted much attention through the last decade by regional scientists. This paper tries to deep in this topic, taking into account as a unit of analysis the role that cities have in regional convergence. Sigma and beta convergence are measured following a method based on a production function of the main spanish cities( 124 cities bigger than 50.000 inhabitants.

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  • José M. Mella, 2003. "How are cities working in the Spanish territorial development? ( 1985-2000)," ERSA conference papers ersa03p340, European Regional Science Association.
    • Handle: RePEc:wiw:wiwrsa:ersa03p340
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