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Twin Peaks: Growth and Convergence in Models of Distribution Dynamics
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Convergence concerns poor economies catching up with rich ones. At issue is what happens to the cross sectional distribution of economies, not whether a single economy tends toward its own steady state. It is the latter, however, that has preoccupied the traditional approach to convergence analysis. This paper describes a body of research that overcomes this shortcoming in the traditional approach. The new findings - on persistence and stratification; on the formation of convergence clubs; and on the distribution polarising into twin peaks of which and poor - suggest the relevance of a class of theoretical ideas, different from the production-function accounting traditionally favored.
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- Authors
- Quah, D. T.
- Venue
- The Economic Journal
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1996-07
- Volume
- 106
- Issue
- 437
- Pages
- 1045
- ISSN
- 0013-0133 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2044248787
- Cited by
- 1,309
- References
- 2
- FWCI
- 52.35
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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