This paper reviews the empirical literature on growth and convergence that has addressed the importance of spatial …

The topic of convergence is at the heart of a wide-ranging debate in the growth literature. Empirical studies of … convergence differ widely in their theoretical backgrounds, empirical specifications and in their treatment of cross …-sectional heterogeneity. Despite these differences, a rate of convergence of about 2% has been found under a variety of different conditions …

its member states and to speed up the process of convergence. This paper empirically explores the effectiveness of …

default specification based on the convergence/catch-up model is associated with estimated effects of conditioning variables …