during the period 1992-2004. The main result is that regional convergence in unified Germany has been substantial. In the … years, this bimodality is weak in comparison to previous years. Nevertheless, disparities among regions located in the …

We investigate to what extent convergence in production levels per worker has been achieved in Germany since … the same initial level of GDP per employee. -- Regional convergence ; distribution dynamics ; mixture models ; Germany …

We investigate to what extent convergence in production levels per worker has been achieved in Germany since …

during the period 1992-2004. The main result is that regional convergence in unified Germany has been substantial. In the … years, this bimodality is weak in comparison to previous years. Nevertheless, disparities among regions located in the …

Productivity across European regions is related to three types of networks that mediate R&D-related knowledge … co-patenting relations appear to affect local productivity directly, regions that link up to innovative leader regions … via imports gain in productivity only when they have relatively high levels of human capital and absorptive capacity. From …

geographical dimension into their newly constructed database and empirical analysis. Our estimation results corroborate both the …

By applying panel estimation models to Chinese provincial level data for 1993-2008, this paper examine the impacts of …