Using sigma and beta convergence methods, this study tests economic convergence in Turkish NUTS-2 regions between 2004 …-2011. The findings of sigma convergence analysis show that the interregional income gap decreases during economic recession … periods and increases during economic expansion periods. The beta convergence results obtained by the cross-sectional and …

We examine economic convergence among subnational regions of Bangladesh over the period 1992-2013. Unavailability of … literature, we use night lights intensity as a proxy for local economic activity to test the convergence hypothesis. Our results … show the existence of both absolute and conditional convergence in night lights intensity, but with a very long half …

This paper contributes to the empirical literature on convergence by applying convergence model to components of …, we extend the traditional convergence model to allow for spatial correlation between countries in the sample, by … Education. More precisely, half-life convergence for Defence occurs in 6.37 years, for Health in 3.11 years and for Education in …