The topic of convergence is at the heart of a wide-ranging debate in the growth literature. Empirical studies of … convergence differ widely in their theoretical backgrounds, empirical specifications and in their treatment of cross …-sectional heterogeneity. Despite these differences, a rate of convergence of about 2% has been found under a variety of different conditions …

How does global aging affect the convergence in global economic development? Both the developing and developed world …

This paper examines the per capita income convergence process among 23 Argentinian provinces over the period 1983 … conditional convergence process between Argentinian provinces and a positive and significant impact of agglomeration variables on … underestimates the speed of convergence specifically for provinces which are distant from Buenos Aires. Moreover, we improve …

averaging aggregation. We provide an analysis of the speed of convergence and the probabilities of absoption by different … terminal classes. We find a necessary and sufficient condition for convergence to consensus and characterize terminal states …

applying econometric tools commonly used in the economic growth literature to assess the existence of convergence across the … countries in our sample. We contribute to the ongoing debate over the existence of convergence amongst high-income countries in … adult mortality by offering two main empirical regularities. First, our results show that the convergence hypothesis is …

opinion of all agents, possibly including himself. We provide a general analysis of convergence in the aggregation model and …

convergence of other enabling technologies, like biotechnologies, computational sciences, physical sciences, communication …