, better answers the issues raised in terms of economic convergence and divergence by these two sets of models. …

barriers to trade together with product imitation can foster growth and convergence in the member countries. However, in order …

emphasized in the New Economic Geography (NEG) literature. Both growth and agglomeration processes are, however, themselves … uncertainty impacts upon growth and agglomeration. The main results are twofold. First, nonzero mortality rates support a more … equal distribution of productive factors by introducing an additional dispersion force that countervails the agglomeration …

dominates the productivity effect. Moreover, a larger Southern market expands the area of convergence and can prevent divergence …-North convergence based on North-South technology diffusion through intermediate goods trade is guaranteed if the knowledge effect … convergence is desirable for both, the South and the North. …