convergence. We apply three approaches to convergence – beta-convergence, sigma-convergence and quantile-convergence (q-convergence … check if countries of the given sample tend to form convergence clubs in the relevant years. The analysis is run for the …

We study the role of productivity convergence and financial conditions in the recent growth experience of Hungary. We … build a stochastic, small-open economy growth model with productivity convergence, capital accumulation and external …

and timing of euro adoption. We investigate the real-nominal convergence nexus from the perspective of euro area entry. We … argue that the initial level of economic development as measured by per capita income and the speed of real convergence have …

the real-nominal convergence nexus from the perspective of euro area entry. We argue that the initial level of economic … development as measured by per capita income and the speed of real convergence have a bearing on the strategies to follow and on …

and timing of euro adoption. We investigate the real-nominal convergence nexus from the perspective of euro area entry. We … argue that the initial level of economic development as measured by per capita income and the speed of real convergence have …

integration, so we augment a model of conditional wage convergence through the inclusion of sector-specific broad and narrow … supporting unconditional skill-specific wage convergence in EU sectors. In a conditional setting, (slow) wage convergence takes …

, their wholesale national gas markets are highly heterogeneous. We study the determinants of cross-country convergence of … pairwise, relative and σ-convergence. We show that there is evidence of pairwise price convergence and that some key … the existence of a convergence process. This result carries over to the notion of σ-convergence and is robust to a number …

estimation of a conditional convergence model. In general, reliance on natural resource exports slows growth, but we find that …