This paper provides an empirical analysis of energy- and labour-productivity convergence at a detailed sectoral level … for 14 OECD countries, covering the period 1970-1997. A fã-convergence analysis shows that the development of cross …-country variation in productivity performance depends on the level of aggregation. Both patterns of convergence as well as divergence …

The convergence of German regions represents a politically explosive question. Different studies examined convergence … processes of Germany. We derive equations to estimate the convergence speed on basis of a Solow model, to which human capital is … added. The geographically weighted regression permits a detailed analysis of convergence processes, which has not been …