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Regional Economic Integration and Productivity Convergence: Empirical Evidence from East Asia
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Regional Economic Integration and Productivity Convergence: Empirical Evidence from East Asia

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  • Maryam Ishaq

    (Assistant Professor of Economics, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan)

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  • Maryam Ishaq, 2020. "Regional Economic Integration and Productivity Convergence: Empirical Evidence from East Asia," Lahore Journal of Economics, Department of Economics, The Lahore School of Economics, vol. 25(2), pages 23-53, July-Dec.
    • Handle: RePEc:lje:journl:v:25:y:2020:i:2:p:23-53
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    Regional economic integration; productivity convergence; growth spill-over; time-series error correction model; panel cointegration estimators;
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    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration

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