government, and including a combined sector of totals. The results indicate that none of the sectors exhibits ó-convergence, but … they all show strong evidence of â-convergence with a convergence club pattern that is apparent for the wholesale …

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 …

which regional development originates from the (un)balance between convergence, driven by diminishing returns and divergence …

2010/11) by estimating cross section equations for unconditional and conditional beta (β) convergence and sigma (σ …) convergence across thirty two regions (twenty-eight States and four Union Territories). There is no evidence of unconditional … convergence, but weak evidence of conditional convergence controlling for population growth; credit growth; male literacy; the …

. In this context, achieving income convergence with other EU members rests more with maintaining productivity growth …