"Economies in Transition and the Variety of Capitalisms: Features, Changes, Convergence" held in Varna, Bulgaria, 10-12 September …

Canada has long been characterized by significant regional disparities. Such inequalities can create and exacerbate … regional tensions and lead to demands for further redistribution of wealth. The objective of this study is to report on the …, well-being and fiscal capacity, and to analyze trends toward or away from convergence for these economic variables. This …

A debate on the regional disparity is always an interesting topic. This study analysed the regional income disparity in … Central Statistical Organisation. First, the study reviewed various growth models and suggests that spatial durbin model of … and disscussed the convergence hypothesis in the light of LeSange and Fischer (2008) formulation. The study concludes that …

supermarket value chains and how those firms' participation might stimulate growth through regional trade. Our results show that …The last two decades have seen rapid economic growth in Zambia and the proliferation of foreign supermarket chain … stores. However, this growth has translated into neither significant job creation nor significant poverty reduction …

supermarket value chains and how those firms' participation might stimulate growth through regional trade. Our results show that …The last two decades have seen rapid economic growth in Zambia and the proliferation of foreign supermarket chain … stores. However, this growth has translated into neither significant job creation nor significant poverty reduction …

We obtain time series estimates of the long run growth rates of 17 OECD countries, and test the hypothesis that these … long run growth rates, and; (ii) any policies that can raise national growth rates must be international in scope. The … results therefore have bleak implications for the ability of countries to affect their long run growth rates. …

In this paper, I document the existence of unconditional convergence in labor productivity across Mexican states in … three-digit manufacturing industries. The rate of convergence for the period 1988-2018 is 1.18% per year. However, this … result does not hold at the aggregate level: I find no unconditional convergence in manufacturing-wide labor productivity …

GDP growth rate data from 1980 to 2022 is used to evaluate real convergence among member states. The findings of the study …This study estimates the rate and distance to convergence of WAMZ Member States and provides a comparative analysis of … nominal and real convergence to evaluate WAMZ's preparedness for monetary integration. We employ monthly data on the consumer …