different bootstrap tests. In the context of static linear regression modelstwo of these are shown to have serious size and …

We use a subsample bootstrap method to get a consistent estimate of the asymptotically optimal choice of the …

determined with a permutation procedure and a parametric bootstrap in the testsfor serial independence and linearity …

both estimators. A practical procedure for jointly selecting band- and binwidth parameters is also presented. Simulation …

simulation experiments(over a 20-year period) to quantify the importance of convergence, household fixed effectsand shocks. First …, we find powerful convergence. In the absence of shocks and withouthousehold fixed effects there is rapid growth over the …

This paper provides an empirical analysis of energy- and labour-productivity convergence at a detailed sectoral level … for 14 OECD countries, covering the period 1970-1997. A fã-convergence analysis shows that the development of cross …-country variation in productivity performance depends on the level of aggregation. Both patterns of convergence as well as divergence …

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 …