This paper deals with the development of regional income disparities and convergence processes in the countries of the … the period 1995 - 2003. We use the two classical concepts of s – and ß-convergence. Furthermore, spatial econometric …

This paper deals with the development of disparities in regional per capita GDP and convergence processes in the … inequality in order to show the development of between- and within-country disparities. Secondly, we conduct a formal Ø-convergence … centre of Europe. However, the convergence process has been driven mainly by national factors. In the course of this process …

The aim of our analysis is the evaluation of the total and sectoral convergence of labour productivity between 182 … adopt a β- and σ-convergence approach along with a methodology based on Getis' spatial filters that allows decomposing … and low productivity, respectively ‘core' and ‘periphery'. Our results show significant σ-convergence in aggregate labour …

quickly with West Germany, mainly because the capital stock was modernised and expanded. Convergence, however, has almost come …

distribution dynamics approach in order to analyse the role of some variables in the convergence of productivity across European … regions over the period 1980-2002. We find that the initial productivity crucially accounts in the convergence process across … statistically significant only for the least productive regions. The output composition of a region in 1980 affects the convergence …

-capita output convergence across a large sample of European regions during the period 1995-2005. We find that net fiscal transfers …, while achieving regional redistribution, seem to impede output growth and promote an “immiserising convergence”: output …

rates across Russian cities. I find that wages in Russian cities exhibit convergence. I also test whether city population … (which is a proxy for city size) has positive impact on the speed of convergence. Using geographical location characteristics …

growth model of technology diffusion, indicates that some spatial variables affect the speed of convergence relative to the … the speed of convergence but generates congestion in some countries. These spatial variables also affect the aggregate … supply, and hence the price and output levels. Key words: transportation, regional growth, convergence, congestion. JEL Class …

In this paper, we test the neoclassical growth model and its main prediction of conditional convergence of productivity …-1998 and 1998-2002 and confirm the convergence hypothesis only for the last period of transition, while in the early transition … results, however, should not yet be intepreted as a sign of a pfirmenent return to convergence in transition countries as they …