evaluation task to generally positive effects when the lower price is offered in the form of a discount in a choice task … managerial practice and future research on the effects of lower prices, particularly those in the form of a discount.  …

capital utilization to the Solow model implies a rate of convergence in line with empirical estimates and that controlling for …

pension systems in 20 OECD countries has changed systematically since the 1980s and whether international convergence of the … convergence of pension systems. The reduced variation of pension systems (sigma convergence) is driven by countries with a high … degree of intragenerational redistribution catching up with more traditional Bismarckian countries (beta convergence). Both …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate convergence or divergence trends at global scale. Design …/methodology/approach – The paper questions the methodology and findings of the conventional convergence literature using linear OLS models. It … world: a convergence one, including countries with low to medium‐high development levels, and a divergence one including …

to which convergence has occurred. To investigate the underlying causes of the changes in inequality, the Theil … convergence of employment‐population ratios across regions. Research limitations/implications – The paper argues that national … European regions. Originality/value – This paper's main contribution is to highlight how national convergence can lead to …

Uses a specially constructed data set to present new evidence on the convergence performance of Ireland among European … convergence occurred among the EU 12 over the period. Ireland did exhibit catch‐up on the EU average. However, Ireland …’s convergence performance becomes distinctly less favourable if adjustments are made for the increase in net factor outflows during …

production. Estimates the contribution of changes in Ireland’s sectoral employment structure to labour productivity convergence … time as a significant source of labour productivity convergence. Ireland’s labour productivity convergence was 0.3 per cent …

New evidence is presented on the degree of aggregate and sectoral labour productivity convergence among 11 EU countries … than sectoral convergence. Aggregate productivity converged at 0.9 percent per annum, with agriculture and manufacturing … percent and 66 percent of the overall rate of aggregate productivity convergence among the EU countries over the period …