The paper presents an analysis of real income convergence between the 11 countries of Central Eastern Europe which have … convergence over the analyzed period, confirmed also by the results of beta and sigma convergence tests. However, the catching …-up process was not continuous, showing some breaks and divergence episodes. The most intensive convergence appeared in the years …

area, and narrower differences in labour productivity growth (Alvarez et al., 2006). We investigate convergence of … are much less important in explaining the variance of ULC growth. We report evidence for convergence clusters in all …

Although the empirical growth literature has yielded many findings on postwar convergence patterns, it has had little … to say about the determinants of convergence in earlier epochs. This paper investigates convergence for group of seven … countries during the period 1870-1914, the last great phase of global convergence before the present postwar era. A standard …

Although the empirical growth literature has yielded many findings on postwar convergence patterns, it has had little … to say about the determinants of convergence in earlier epochs. This paper investigates convergence for group of seven … countries during the period 1870-1914, the last great phase of global convergence before the present postwar era. A standard …