endogeneity, we find two key results for the growth of Italian regions. Firstly, we show that the rate of conditional convergence …

This study aims to examine the absolute and conditional convergence across the 27 EU Member States. To examine the … absolute β convergence was used Baumol model (1986) estimated by OLS and Panel Data, and to examine the absolute σ convergence … the Quah model (1993) by graphical analysis. Subsequently, we analyzed the conditional convergence, also estimated by OLS …

convergence during the 1990s. In a few CEER countries, notably the Czech Republic and Hungary, ICT production contributed more to … considerably lower than in the U.S.. The paper argues that the convergence process between CEER countries and the EU-15 is … characterized by two phases. In the first “restructuring” phase, convergence has been driven by enterprise restructuring in …

requirement of maintaining a high economic performance of their economies by convergence and competitiveness strategies, so that …