This paper assesses convergence in output per head across regions in the European Community (EC), for the period 1975 … strong differences in the pattern of convergence across sub-periods and across subsets of regions. If Southern Europe seemed …<196>90. We use three alternative methodologies to measure convergence, which yield consistent results. We observe that there are …

paper aims to identify the situation of inequality of Lithuania's regions, taking into consideration the most important … factors of regional economic growth and investments. Evaluation of regions by 15 criteria is carried out by a ranking method …. Results show a big disparity between regions. Significant Spearman correlation is found between FDI and total investment with …

For the new member states of the EU, the question of choosing the optimal macroeconomic policy mix is rather … Estonia with the EU-15 and the former accession countries. It gives an overview of the nominal convergence according to the … rules laid down by EC Treaty on EMU convergence criteria. In the context of real convergence the set of criteria provided by …

on one hand and GDP per capita on the other hand, for two groups of regions in EU (western countries, EU15, and central … modelling techniques, we provide an analysis of the convergence phenomenon for both the macroeconomic variables and the …

or non-identified when testing them. Two examples are provided, one in growth theory and testing convergence, one in …