The neoclassical theory of economic growth suggests that capital inflows raise the speed of convergence because foreign …

This paper examines empirically whether and how regional integration leads to convergence and growth amongst developing …

countries and 35 sectors for 1995-2009. We find South-North convergence of energy and labor intensities, an energy bias of … import-driven convergence and no robust difference between imports of intermediate and investment goods. Accordingly, trade …

-North labor intensities (South-North convergence) for 31 industrialized source and eight emerging recipient countries. We find …

globalization are decreasing, which suggest global integration and convergence of national economies to a global order. We also find …

This paper analyzes the convergence process in Latin America and the Caribbean during the 1960-2005 period. The … evidence is not favorable to clear convergence or divergence trends, but to a slight process of convergence until the 1970s …, and then global divergence. In turn, the results suggest the existence of transitory clubs of convergence during the 1960 …

lower income. We analyse the effect of different integration sequences on industrial location and convergence during the …

lower income. We analyse the effect of different integration sequences on industrial location and convergence during the …