-North convergence based on North-South technology diffusion through intermediate goods trade is guaranteed if the knowledge effect … dominates the productivity effect. Moreover, a larger Southern market expands the area of convergence and can prevent divergence … convergence is desirable for both, the South and the North. …

In the paper we analyze the convergence process of the West German Laender from 1970 to 1995 using descriptive tools as … convergence was insufficient in the sense that no gains have been achieved with respect to a stronger harmonization of the …

-run convergence and short-run economic performance. …

This paper provides new evidence on the convergence process of energy, water and food per capita consumption levels for … multivariate sigma and beta-convergence. The results reveal that there is evidence of sigma- absolute beta- and conditional beta-convergence … impact of each variable on the others in the analyzed countries. The speed of convergence is simulated to assess when the …

convergence across LAC countries. Argentina defines the frontier in LAC and TFP convergence is found across all South American …

performance to indicators of cost, regulation and investment into future growth. The convergence process is different in speed … than in the EU. Convergence had been strong in the sixties, disappointing and very different for the three countries in the …

The existing literature on Indian growth finds no evidence of convergence across states. This represents a puzzle given … income and socio-economic data to explore the hypotheses of conditional convergence, using distance as an indicator of … internal geographical trade and migration costs. We find evidence of conditional convergence for Indian districts but at a rate …