-run convergence and short-run economic performance. …

This paper provides new evidence on the convergence process of energy, water and food per capita consumption levels for … multivariate sigma and beta-convergence. The results reveal that there is evidence of sigma- absolute beta- and conditional beta-convergence … impact of each variable on the others in the analyzed countries. The speed of convergence is simulated to assess when the …

convergence across LAC countries. Argentina defines the frontier in LAC and TFP convergence is found across all South American …

The existing literature on Indian growth finds no evidence of convergence across states. This represents a puzzle given … income and socio-economic data to explore the hypotheses of conditional convergence, using distance as an indicator of … internal geographical trade and migration costs. We find evidence of conditional convergence for Indian districts but at a rate …

convergence, and a carefully estimated econometric model of lagged adjustment confirms this. On average, a 1% decrease in the per … transition country by 0.7%. There are differences in the rate of convergence across countries, and these depend on two parameters … fastest convergence rates given these parameters are the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Croatia and Turkey. The forecast values for …