of new economic growth theory. The aim of this paper is to combine an assessment of innovative and entrepreneurial … economic activities metropolitan regions can lead to excess growth, and contribute to a process of convergence between nations … location quotients and the change of LQ) are included. Within these groups we study the process of convergence by use of the …

evidence of convergence among regions over the study period. By contrast, we detect a regional cluster in the core of Europe …

regional convergence (or divergence) too. The aim of the paper is to study both the localization of R&D investments and … the presence of spatial correlation. Furthermore, we evaluate convergence or divergence in income growth and if it is … per capita GDP and per capita R&D investment. It follows the convergence analysis and conclusions. To study the spatial …