Economic development implies that the efficiency of firms in developing countries is approaching that of firms in … advanced economies. We examine the extent of this convergence in the Czech Republic and Russia, economies that represent … privatization, competition and foreign investment. We also test hypotheses positing that only firms near the efficiency frontier …

This paper uses the BEEPS firm-level data to study the process of convergence of transition countries with developed … convergence of transition countries with developed market economies in a number of dimensions. The pattern of growth at the … activity taking place in 2002, the middle of the period analyzed. Throughout, the regional patterns suggest greater convergence …

spillovers from other foreign firms operating in the same product market. This evidence on the dynamics of efficiency is …

long-run real income convergence and derive 67 comparable effect sizes. The precision-weighted estimate of beta convergence … is more consistent with endogenous self-reinforcing growth than with neoclassical convergence. Introducing a net … migration variable in a growth regression increases the estimate of beta convergence slightly. Studies that use panel models or …

using a random spatial effect model. We find that migration contributes to convergence in regional skill endowments across …

to study the changes in the within country distribution of management quality associated with country convergence to the … those of its close competitors. Part of the process of convergence to the frontier across the development process represents … that lag the frontier benchmark. Among potential explanatory variables that may drive convergence, ownership and human …

globalization (1985-2005), there has been some convergence of business cycle fluctuations among the group of industrial economies … importance of the global factor. In other words, there is evidence of business cycle convergence within each of these two groups …