This paper examines the evidence for regional convergence or catch-up in levels and growth rates of per capita income …, Re-Weighted Least Squares, and Least Trimmed Squares - establish that unconditional convergence in growth rates does not … obtain, but that there is clear and robust evidence of conditional convergence. This suggests that important differences …

becoming more or less concentrated. The existing literature has found deconcentration (convergence) of employment across urban …

, the model allows for conditional convergence to a long-run level of TFP relative to the frontier.  We also develop an … convergence has taken place over our sample period and that geographic distance to the technology frontier matters. …

A convergence model with wealth accumulation subject to i.i.d. random shocks is examined. The transfer function shows … econometric theory of time series. Economic theory forces consideration of a broad range of cases, including some which violate B-convergence …

In this paper we present a general result concerning the convergence to stochastic integrals with non-linear integrands …

A convergence model in which wealth accumulation is subject to i.i.d. random shocks is examined. The accumulation …

selection results identify a role for conditional convergence, physical and human capital formation, population growth, degree …