Trade, governance and income convergence in the European Union: Evidence on the “theory of relative backwardness”

At the core of the formation of the European Union (EU) in 1993 was the economic goal to create a European Common Market to ensure freer trade and perhaps to create an egalitarian Europe. The post-1993 period saw the biggest enlargement of the EU to date from a meagre 3 member countries (Benelux) at...

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Main Authors: Devasmita Jena, Alokesh Barua
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-12-01
Series:Research in Globalization
Subjects:
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590051X20300022