regional income data are available. We subsequently use our estimation results for an out-ofsample prediction of regional … approximately 71-80% of all countries face sigma-convergence. Finally, we study different major determinants of the level of ….e., the determinants of the convergence process. We find evidence for an N-shaped relationship between development and …

particular, we follow a distributional approach to convergence based on kernel density estimation and implement a number of tests …The objective of this paper is to address the question of convergence across German districts in the first decade after …

regions, we find evidence for conditional convergence with speed around two percent. The convergence process between countries … is dominated by the catching up process of regions in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), whereas convergence within …

This paper investigates output convergence for the G7 countries using multivariate time series techniques. We consider … both the null hypotheses of no convergence and convergence. It is shown that inferences on output convergence depend on … which one of the two null hypotheses is considered. Further, the no convergence results reported in previous studies using …