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 …

of these effects in a growth equation may downward bias the estimated rate of convergence by assingning the effect of … regional externalities to the convergence parameter. We propose the use of spatial econometrics techniques to test and estimate …

peaks" in the cross-sectional distribution, not simple patterns of convergence or divergence. The theo- retical problems …

previous estimates. Further, this new evidence is used to analyze the evolution of regional inequality and convergence in the … feature in the regional distribution of output. Therefore, in the long run no evidence of regional convergence in the Spanish …

We revisit Western Europe’s record with labor-productivity convergence, and tentatively extrapolate its implications … capital accumulation and TFP growth reflect convergence along two margins. One margin (between industry) is a massive …. Coupled with the fact that within-industry productivity gaps are enormous, this suggests that convergence will take a long …