The study is an empirical investigation of inflation convergence between CEFTA and EU countries. The question of both … groups convergence as well as convergence of each individual countries within those groups is particularly discussed in the … reveals an unambiguous convergence of all CEFTA inflations towards the EU levels between 1993 and 2000. …

economic convergence of the real per capita GDP in the EU. Two measures of convergence are employed. The first is σ, which is … based on the cross standard deviation of the real per capita GDPs of the EU countries; the second is β convergence based on … support the hypothesis of economic convergence within the EU except for the 1980-85 sub-period where weak divergence was …

This paper studies the possibility of human development convergence in the world from 1975 through 2005. Human … development is measured by the Human Development Index (HDI) trend, and convergence across countries is tested for by the panel … convergence. …

Empirical analysis of the real convergence between old (EU15) and new (EU8) economies is the basic focus of this paper … mixed results regarding the convergence process between EU8 and EU15 obtained by different authors. Important contribution … data and time series framework and test for real convergence between the EU8 and EU15 economies. The obtained results …

more useful than the European Commissions approach, which equates social integration with the convergence of living and … convergence of regulations and social policies. …

competitive markets in EU. The tax harmonization in EU, in this work, is analyzed through convergence tests to see whether total …, give both convergence and non-convergence results. …

In our analysis, we examine the convergence of all recent ten European Union (EU) members to EU standards. Novel … features of the paper include more complete measures of convergence, in particular fiscal convergence; a broader examination of … inflation convergence with respect to the Maastricht benchmark as well as the European Central Bank’s inflation objective; and …

significant impact of it on convergence process in EU. However, the differences in matter of convergence emerge at the level of … groups of countries. Thus, while in EU-10 (most recent acceded countries to EU) is manifesting a strong convergence, in EU-15 …