the pattern of China’s regional economic growth on the basis of a theoretical model on convergence. We find a tendency to …

This paper examines the process of convergence in relative GDP per capita across EU countries and Turkey and … convergence was found to be higher for EU countries. We apply panel data tests of convergence with annual data available from 1998 …

This paper uses multivariate time series methods to investigate convergence of Chinese real GDP per capita at regional … and provincial levels over the period 1952 – 2001. We reject convergence across regions. However, we find evidence of …

The neoclassical growth model predicts convergence of productivity or per capita output levels across regions. If … participation in the labor force is constant, convergence of per capita income is implied. We investigate this hypothesis for the … support absolute ß-convergence across Iran's provinces and provide some evidence on the adverse effect of rent seeking on …