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 …

Western economies and in CESEE (by Mario Holzner; pp. 4-8 ) Evaluating the convergence of the ‘emerging economies’ the case of …

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 …

Summary This paper analyses the speed and patterns of economic convergence in the new EU Member States of Central and …, the paper provides stylised facts on growth and convergence in Europe, and explores various convergence measures proposed … in the growth literature. It employs several analytical approaches in order to reveal convergence speed and patterns …