This paper reviews the empirical literature on growth and convergence that has addressed the importance of spatial …

In this paper we outline (i) why sigma-convergence may not accompany beta-convergence, (ii) discuss evidence of beta-convergence … sigma-convergence cannot be detected at the county-level across the U.S., or within the large majority of the individual U …

In this paper we outline (i) why sigma-convergence may not accompany beta-convergence, (ii) discuss evidence of beta-convergence … sigma-convergence has not occurred at the county-level across the U.S., or within the vast majority of the individual U …

convergence in Europe. The empirical part of the study bases on the regional GDP pc and innovation indicators on the EU-27 NUTS2 … analysis method, three composite indicators of regional innovation capacity are extracted. Estimating convergence equations, we … regional income convergence is a policy target, additional policy measures beside innovation activities should be effectively …

income convergence. County-level data are particularly valuable for studying convergence because they allow us to study a … in the conditional convergence rates, we report the estimates for the entire data set as well as for subsets including … metro counties, non-metro counties, and five regional groupings. Our findings include: (i) while OLS yields convergence …