convergence. We apply three approaches to convergence – beta-convergence, sigma-convergence and quantile-convergence (q-convergence … check if countries of the given sample tend to form convergence clubs in the relevant years. The analysis is run for the …

This paper reviews the results of a number of empirical studies of convergence among the OECD countries and discusses … OECD countries, there are different clusters. The parameter representing the convergence hypothesis, despite being negative … convergence between the countries that belong to the upper quantiles. Moreover, 1960-1970 is highlighted as the period in which …

, their wholesale national gas markets are highly heterogeneous. We study the determinants of cross-country convergence of … pairwise, relative and σ-convergence. We show that there is evidence of pairwise price convergence and that some key … the existence of a convergence process. This result carries over to the notion of σ-convergence and is robust to a number …

and simulate energy intensity based on a conditional convergence approach, and show how based on the results the long …

estimation of a conditional convergence model. In general, reliance on natural resource exports slows growth, but we find that …