This paper reviews the results of a number of empirical studies of convergence among the OECD countries and discusses … OECD countries, there are different clusters. The parameter representing the convergence hypothesis, despite being negative … convergence between the countries that belong to the upper quantiles. Moreover, 1960–1970 is highlighted as the period in which …

economic growth accounting for possible convergence. For this purpose, we are based on a sample of eight countries bordering … the stationary series problem of different orders to monitor possible convergence in the long-run horizon. This method … links between candidate variables and the trend of convergence in terms of per capita GDP. Our empirical results support …