This paper presents the detailed analysis of real economic convergence in 27 former socialist countries. We focus on … two concepts of convergence: absolute (unconditional) à3B2 convergence and à3C3 convergence. The period analysed is 1990 …-2005. In the paper we embark on a very wide empirical study of convergence. First, we analyse the catching-up process in the …

terms of their convergence in selected macroeconomic fundamentals. The analysis uses monthly data on industrial output … natural economic integration among them so far. Certain levels of convergence occurred only for a limited number of countries …

The paper is analysing the process of economic convergence of transition countries during the period 1995-2004. Within … the analysed period unconditional B-convergence across the transition economies existed. We could also discover the … reduction of dispersion of income levels between accession countries (sigma-convergence). Comparative analyses of the new EU …

This paper presents an analysis of the welfare convergence among 27 transition economies based on the evaluation of a …