convergence hypothesis cannot be rejected suggesting there are differences in the convergence processes between the north and …

This paper uses time-series data from nineteen Latin American countries and the U.S. to test for income convergence … using two existing definitions of convergence and a new testable definition of β-convergence. Only Dominican Republic and … convergence exists when allowing for structural breaks using the two-break minimum LM unit root of Lee and Strazicich (2003). The …

the empirical results caused by the use of different spatial scales in the analysis of convergence process of European … (MAUP). Thus, convergence processes among EU15 are examined across three spatial scales often used in applied work, namely …, NUTS1, NUTS2 and NUTS3, between 2000 and 2008. The paper suggests that convergence pattern of EU regions depends on the …