Özet:

In Turkey there are two objectives of this study in which the person-to-person income proximity hypothesis for the 26 level-2 region was studied in the period 2004-2018, with the club proximity technique developed by Phillips and Sul (2007). The first of these objectives is to identify the proximity clubs and the second is to reveal the structural framework behind the formation of the proximity clubs. According to the findings obtained, there are eight nearby clubs and one rack club. These findings are important in the forming of close-up clubs, as well as in the establishment of close-up neighbourhood relations and leading economic sectors.

Özet:

This study, in which the per capita income convergence hypothesis for 26 level-2 regions in Turkey was examined in the 2004-2018 period with the club convergence technique developed by Phillips and Sul (2007), has two purposes. The first of these aims is to identify the convergence clubs and the second is to reveal the structural framework behind the formation of convergence clubs. According to the findings, there are 8 convergence clubs and one divergence club in the period under consideration These results are important in terms of revealing that close neighborhood relations and prominent economic sectors are determinants in the formation of convergence clubs.

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