Convergence and spillovers across countries and within countries are old, but recurrent policy concerns, and India is … no exception to this rule. This paper examines convergence and spillovers across Indian states using non-stationary panel … data techniques. Results on convergence among Indian states are generally found to be similar, but more nuanced, than …

This paper finds convergence of real per capita GDP in Mexico’s states and regions during the period of higher average …

on output convergence. The evidence suggests that while the Employment Insurance (EI) system seems to have had a … significant negative effect on output convergence?by discouraging migration within Canada?the Equalization transfers may have … helped spur convergence. The EI system, despite reforms introduced in the 1990s, still appears to contain features that deter …

(MENA) indicates that nearly two-thirds of the increased financial stress in MENA EM countries after the Lehman shock is … drop in real GDP growth in MENA EM countries after the Lehman shock …

have increased the rate of convergence in per capita incomes across China’s provinces. However, the pattern of FDI, which …

convergence in labor productivity across China''s provinces during 1978-98. However, our results show that provinces converged in …