The paper examines the unconditional sigma and time-series convergence of real GDP per capita (measured in national … to all CEE8 countries. We have found that both sigma convergence and time-series convergence were present for most of the … CEE8 countries prior to the breaks in trends, but after the breaks, the convergence slowed or reversed and thus indicated …

differences both in terms of the policies followed by the authorities and in the process of economic convergence, restructuring … per se does not guarantee convergence to the EU’s frontier(s), sustainable growth in prosperity and the degree to which …

This paper estimates the Balassa-Samuelson effects for 11 countries in central and eastern Europe on a disaggregated …

The forces of the market and systems competition bring about economic and social convergence in Europe. There is no … economic convergence. National welfare states will be threatened by the free migration of people in Europe. The race to the …

The forces of the market and systems competition bring about economic and social convergence in Europe. There is no … economic convergence. National welfare states will be threatened by the free migration of people in Europe. The race to the …

, countries that have recently introduced fully-funded pension pillars which involve high transition costs, may find it difficult …

This paper adopts a spatial econometric perspective to analyse regional convergence of per capita income in Europe in … data provide much support for unconditional beta-convergence in Europe. The second is that the usual convergence … with reality of empirical dynamics. The two-club spatial error convergence model with groupwise heteroskedasticity is found …