Durbin Model in a panel context, thus including fixed effects in order to eliminate any time influence on variables as well …

using spatial panel data models. The spatial scales examined are minimum comparable areas, micro-regions, meso-regions and … states over the period between 1970 and 2000. Alternative spatial panel data models with fixed effects were systematically … convergence hypothesis cannot be rejected suggesting there are differences in the convergence processes between the north and …

using spatial panel data models. The spatial scales examined are minimum comparable areas, micro-regions, meso-regions and … states over the period between 1970 and 2000. Alternative spatial panel data models with fixed effects were systematically … convergence hypothesis cannot be rejected suggesting there are differences in the convergence processes between the north and …

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 …