rates across Russian cities. I find that wages in Russian cities exhibit convergence. I also test whether city population … (which is a proxy for city size) has positive impact on the speed of convergence. Using geographical location characteristics …

government, and including a combined sector of totals. The results indicate that none of the sectors exhibits ó-convergence, but … they all show strong evidence of â-convergence with a convergence club pattern that is apparent for the wholesale …

This paper contributes to the empirical literature on convergence by applying convergence model to components of …, we extend the traditional convergence model to allow for spatial correlation between countries in the sample, by … Education. More precisely, half-life convergence for Defence occurs in 6.37 years, for Health in 3.11 years and for Education in …

the context of the spatial autoregressive model of GDP per capita convergence of European regions at NUTS 2 level. By … contribution to the process of convergence by reinforcing the economic growth of neighboring regions. Results are even more … pronounced when the convergence in wage per worker is considered. The choice of kernel functions does not significantly affect …

We apply spatial econometric techniques to models of state and local fiscal policy convergence. Our work extends the … work of Scully and Annala in much the same way that Rey and Montouri extended the literature on income convergence among U …

studies finding little regional convergence since 1985, social cohesion has been virtually ignored. This article tries to … cover this gap by asking the question of whether regional convergence in social welfare, measured by Amartya Sen’s welfare … find that the absence of convergence in GDP per capita is not matched in terms of social welfare. Welfare levels have …