We analyze four interrelated aspects of economic convergence and their linkages over the period 1999-2013, drawing on the experiences of 26 member states of the European Union, with special focus on the ten Central and East-European new members (the EU10). These aspects are (1) real economic,...

Purchasing power parity exchange rates, or PPPs, are price indexes that summarize prices in each country relative to a numeraire country, typically the United States. These numbers are used to compare living standards across countries, by academics in studies of economic growth, particularly...

This paper analyses real income convergence in central, eastern and south-eastern Europe (CESEE) to the most advanced EU economies between 2000 and 2016. The relevance of this topic stems both from the far-reaching implications of real income convergence for economic welfare and the importance...

This policy brief provides results regarding productivity levels and dynamics in the Western Balkan countries in a comparative perspective, drawing on the newly established wiiw Western Balkan Productivity Database. The database provides time series of value added, gross output and intermediate...

El propósito de este trabajo consiste en construir una nueva y más sólida estimación de la serie del Producto Interior Bruto de España desde 1850 a 2000. El artículo resume la historia de la Contabilidad Nacional en el país y revisa la elaboración de las cuentas nacionales históricas....

Este trabajo responde a la réplica de Leandro Prados de la Escosura acerca de mi estimación de la serie histórica del Producto Interior Bruto (PIB) de España (Revista de Economía Aplicada, n.º 49, 2009, págs. 5-45). Demuestra que el IPC es el mejor deflactor disponible para reconstruir el...