convergence of GDP per worker observed across the European regions, in the absence of data on regional TFP. Second, the spatial … regional convergence in Europe. As for the first issue, our aim is to assess whether the convergence observed across European … regions is due to convergence in technology as well as to convergence in capital-labour ratios. We first develop a growth …

an imitation dynamic and provide conditions under which play evolves to an imitation equilibrium; convergence is …

convergence, and a carefully estimated econometric model of lagged adjustment confirms this. On average, a 1% decrease in the per … capita income gap between developed and transition economies leads to a decrease in the energy intensity growth rate of a … transition country by 0.7%. There are differences in the rate of convergence across countries, and these depend on two parameters …

.e. less regional disparities. On the other hand, there is evidence that the parallel shift towards more knowledge- and skill …

option? To answer this question, we have compared the relative growth performance of 14 "tourism countries" within a sample … of 143 countries, observed during the period 1980-95. Using standard OLS cross-country growth regressions, we have … other words, the positive performance of the tourism countries is not significantly accounted for by the traditional growth …

and sufficient condition for convergence to consensus and characterize outcomes where the society ends up polarized. Our … some extent. We provide an analysis of the speed of convergence and the possible outcomes of the process. Furthermore, we …

(hampers) growth wherever social capital is high (low). We define our hypothesis within a growth model with public capital, and … that it accounts for the major swings in the Italian regional divide since 1861. …

contribute to explaining the waste dynamics. Though North-South waste performances are showing some signals of convergence …, greater efforts towards convergence of waste performances in a decentralised policy scenario are needed. …