L'objectif de cet article est d'analyser la dépendance spatiale dans les processus de convergence des régions … permet d'apporter un éclairage nouveau sur la mesure habituelle de la s-convergence qui masque des schémas géographiques … particuliers fluctuants dans le temps. D'autre part nous testons la présence d'autocorrélation spatiale dans les modèles de b-convergence …

This paper investigates the evolution of the Brazilian per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) - known as sigma-convergence … the scale reduction. This suggests the occurrence of a distinct convergence process of the per capita GPD between the two … North and Northeast and the convergence for the rest of the country. This result shows that there is not one scale that is …

Using panel data, this paper explores the role of infrastructure and human capital in the convergence of income levels … reject the hypothesis of non-convergence in per capita incomes of UE countries, but the results do not support the hypothesis … that the speed of convergence is affected by infrastructures. …

, conditional and sigma convergence of GDP growth per capita in the farming field forthe brasilian states in the period of 1980 to … existence of sigma convergence. …