that, from the 1980's onwards, we can accept the hypothesis of stochastic convergence between France, Germany and Japan, on …

A switching regression approach with imperfect sample separation information is used to determine convergence clubs …. Regime classification allows one to determine which countries belong to the related convergence clubs. Initial per capita GDP …

Periods for european convergence Real convergence of european economies is disputed in recent studies which suggest an … opposition between real and nominal convergence. This paper enlarges the perspective and considers real convergence over … highlights the distinction between p- and CJ-convergence. Finally, national specific performances, as measured by residuals to …

This paper evaluates the convergence of energy intensities for a group of 97 countries in the period 1971 …–2003. Convergence is tested using a recent method proposed by Pesaran (2007) [Pesaran, M.H., 2007. A pair-wise approach to testing for … output and growth convergence. Journal of Econometrics 138, 312–355] based on the stochastic convergence criterion. An …