In this paper, the process of productivity convergence is investigated for the enlarged European Union using regional … control for spatial effects. All specifications confirm the presence of convergence with an annual speed between 3 and 3 … in the speed of convergence across the regions, where a higher speed is striking in particular in France and the UK …

Convergence of EU regions is an often examined research question. However, there are no studies available which include … in their analysis the New Member States from the former Eastern Bloc. We estimate several models of absolute convergence … and of conditional convergence taking into account the different initial conditions of the regions from each country …

In this paper, the process of productivity convergence is investigated for the enlarged European Union using regional … control for spatial effects. All specifications confirm the presence of convergence with an annual speed between 3 and 3 … in the speed of convergence across the regions, where a higher speed is striking in particular in France and the UK …