Analyzing prices of truly homogenous consumer goods sold in Euroland, we find significant price convergence after the … narrower with the Euro than before. We observe Sigma and Beta convergence, i.e. prices do not differ systematically between … countries. Our result is in contrast to some other findings stating divergence rather than convergence but which do not control …

This paper aims to assess both the explicit and implicit convergence criteria for Poland's possible membership in the … nominal convergence, the latter highlight the resilience of a country to adverse asymmetric shocks and its ability to compete …

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 …

is convergence of the cluster patterns over time. A number of different clusters appear and these change over time as the … labour productivity. The paper concludes that in the last decade the convergence of countries sharing the euro has been … divergences from pre-existing integration. Country convergence needs to be understood as a dynamic and multivariate concept. This …

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 …