This paper contributes to the empirical literature on convergence by applying convergence model to components of …, we extend the traditional convergence model to allow for spatial correlation between countries in the sample, by … Education. More precisely, half-life convergence for Defence occurs in 6.37 years, for Health in 3.11 years and for Education in …

This paper reviews the results of a number of empirical studies of convergence among the OECD countries and discusses … OECD countries, there are different clusters. The parameter representing the convergence hypothesis, despite being negative … convergence between the countries that belong to the upper quantiles. Moreover, 1960-1970 is highlighted as the period in which …

the Europe 2020 Strategy. As provided in the Convergence Programme 2014-2020, this objective entails a series of steps … are calculated, using linear and quadratic functions, the Gross Domestic Product GDP trends, and, with the convergence …

The aim of the article is to verify the convergence process of the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) (CEE10) countries … economic integration and convergence as well as business environment and growth. The study methods applied in in the article …10 and EU15 countries were developing in accordance with the convergence hypothesis. The impact of economic integration …

. The techniques used are σ and β convergence tests, combined with the deterministic sensitivity analysis. The sample …

, there is a recognizable need for convergence of this region towards the EU economy. The real convergence is a rather slow … crisis that severely hit the EU economy, trying to identify potential changes in the convergence pace. In addition, this work … makes a joint overview of the nominal and real convergence processes as well as the convergence of the general macroeconomic …

higher level of convergence. The gap in core criteria such as economic output and the unemployment rate is continuing to …

This is pioneering research in that it makes a comparison of the process of convergence of long-run profits in the … impact of the crisis on this process. The results obtained by employing the convergence model, known as the Partial …