This study mainly examines the role of macroeconomic policy variables associated with Maastricht Convergence Criteria (MC), using various approaches to analyze comparatively differences in growth and convergence in income, productivity, and unemployment between a developed, economically...

This study analyzes the time stability of both the GDP beta convergence and the impact of monetary policy variables on economic growth in EU27 countries during 1993-2010 and EU15 during 1972-2010. To address the problem of variables' selection, Bayesian model pooling (BMP) is used while choosing...