years in order to verify the presence of a convergence process towards a more homogeneous structure among EU countries. This … consumption) and how they change over time. The analysis of convergence utilise the European National Accounting Data (from the … SEC2 Data Base of Eurostat) from 1970 to 2000 for twelve EU countries. We use tests of convergence on cross section data …

This study analyzes the time stability of both the GDP beta convergence and the impact of monetary policy variables on … – at 3% p.a. (2) The pure mechanism of conditional convergence of the countries under study was rather constant over time …

This paper analyzes the time stability of the GDP beta convergence in two subsamples: EU27 countries during 1993 … compared with the widely cited 2% rate of convergence. (2) The pure mechanism of conditional convergence of the countries under … study was rather constant over time: there were periods of more rapid or slower convergence but the differences were not as …