differences both in terms of the policies followed by the authorities and in the process of economic convergence, restructuring … per se does not guarantee convergence to the EU’s frontier(s), sustainable growth in prosperity and the degree to which …

This chapter focuses on the measurement of institutional convergence in the new EU member states and four Southern … institutional convergence. We present a new method which is based on hard micro-level data. Our approach focuses on control of … poor performance of Southern European EU countries and show the considerable differences in institutional convergence …

trend decline in carbon intensity. The convergence path of EU11 was unique among converging upper-middle-income countries in … this regard. In other parts of the world, convergence was coupled with increasing carbon intensity.The role of EU …

region’s last 200 years. If we take a closer look at historic periods’ convergence performance we can see substantial … innovations spread throughout the economy. The paper concluded that relative convergence was achieved in some introduction periods … due to smaller exposure to economic crises. Convergence occurred also in some deployment technology phases supported by …