Purpose – This paper seeks to assess the importance of time-varying regional patterns to countries' per capita growth rates, and their effect on the conclusions that can be drawn from growth regressions. Design/methodology/approach – Pooled ordinary least squares on a data set of five-year...

Purpose – This paper seeks to assess the importance of time‐varying regional patterns to countries' per capita growth rates, and their effect on the conclusions that can be drawn from growth regressions. Design/methodology/approach – Pooled ordinary least squares on a data set of...