share in almost all states between 2009 and 2014. Using state-level data, we show that BJP's extraordinary poll results …

data on 38 countries from 1963-2000, there is clear convergence in the consumption of wine relative to beer between 1963 … and 2000. Convergence occurs even more quickly within groups of countries that have a higher degree of integration. A key … converging, several Latin American countries fail to converge. The patterns of convergence are consistent with dynamics of …

30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, no full convergence of the economic performance and the living conditions … discusses possible reasons for the lack of convergence such as the legacy of the planned economy, economic policy mistakes made … erosion of market forces are discussed. This leads to economic policy recommendations to achieve full convergence of the …

states in the middle of the cross-sectional distribution and the rate of convergence to the limiting distribution is "slow." …We study the dynamics of the cross-section distribution of patents per capita for the 48 continental U.S. states from … 1930 to 2000 using a discrete-state Markov chain. We test for and find evidence in favor of the (knowledge) convergence …

migration a force for both divergence and convergence, and characterizes where each set of forces dominates. Finally, it … explores the consequences for convergence of combining both migration selectivity and agglomeration effects arising from …

after a decade. These dynamics are qualitatively consistent with convergence to a buffer-stock target. Second, we analyze …

We study convergence and divergence dynamics in a sample of EMU countries by assembling an extensive dataset that …, increasing convergence with the core Euro countries. However, the debt crisis dramatically worsened citizens' perceptions of …

estimate the half life of convergence to be approximately 9 years. The following hypotheses are investigated as explanations … for the slow convergence: (i) Arbitrage impediments induced by transportation costs, and (ii) and the inclusion of … upper bound on convergence rates that participants in European Monetary Union may experience. …