The purpose of this paper is to investigate the evidence for economic convergence across Italian regions using trends … persistent interest rate differentials, and thus an absence of convergence across the twenty political regions, but we observe a … high degree of convergence within the four macroeconomic areas. On the other hand we find evidence of a strong level of …

convergence. …

of common, stochastic long-run trends in regional incomes and assess the hypothesis of regional convergence for the US …, stochastic, long-run trends, thus providing no support for the convergence hypothesis. L'article emploie des techniques … long terme des revenus regionaux et d'evaluer l'hypothese qui avance la notion de la convergence regionale aux Etats …

A method for analyzing productivity convergence based on frontier production functions is proposed. It is examined … whether departures from the frontier|country{level ineciencies|exhibit long{run relationships and convergence. The method is … to display convergence, shows signs of catch-up. It is examined whether departures from the frontier …

this imbalance, we propose a methodology for analyzing productivity convergence based on frontier production functions. We … importance of efficiency changes for economic growth. Using a sample of 26 OECD countries from 1965-90, we find convergence and …