distribution dynamics approach in order to analyse the role of some variables in the convergence of productivity across European … regions over the period 1980-2002. We find that the initial productivity crucially accounts in the convergence process across … statistically significant only for the least productive regions. The output composition of a region in 1980 affects the convergence …

This paper expands the analysis developed by Ellery Jr. (1994), who estimated the income convergence among Brazilian … states from 1970 to 1990. The methodology is based on the convergence model proposed by Barro and Sala-i-Martin (1992) and is … applied to test both the beta-convergence and the sigma-convergence. For the period after 1990, and sub-periods, the effects …

convergence and disproportional into Bosnia and Herzegovina during the postwar period. We used relevant statistical methods. We …

policy and is supported by the EU funds via allocations for convergence - competitiveness and employment - European … States (NMS) of the EU are a major beneficiary of these allocations, especially with regard to the convergence objective … the main issue is when and with which rate a process of regional convergence will occur, both inside each country and …