This paper investigates cross-country productivity convergence at a sectoral level using multivariate unit-root tests. Our empirical analysis counts with three distinctive features. First, it allows the coefficients in the panel specification to vary across countries. Second, it accounts for the...

This paper investigates the process of GDP generation in former Soviet Union (FSU) economies to provide an understanding of the impact of technology channels on countries' efficiency. We apply a stochastic frontier approach to 15 FSU economies over the period 1995–2008 and find that FDI and...