Regional disparities in Central and Eastern Europe rose substantially since 1990. Still, prima facie evidence of beta-convergence … convergence. In both CEE and the ‘old’ EU15, regional convergence is strongly linked to the level of national development, non …-linearly. But while in the EU15 convergence speeds-up at intermediate/high levels of development, in CEE we find divergence at …

convergence speed of per capita income among municipios and test whether spatial externalities are linked to local income growth …. Conditionally on structural characteristics, we find evidence of convergence between municipios and of positive spatial dependence …

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 …

inequality in Italy.  More particularly, convergence in value added per capita across Italy's regions is tested (through both …

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