terms of their convergence in selected macroeconomic fundamentals. The analysis uses monthly data on industrial output … natural economic integration among them so far. Certain levels of convergence occurred only for a limited number of countries …

This paper assesses convergence in output per head across regions in the European Community (EC), for the period 1975 …<196>90. We use three alternative methodologies to measure convergence, which yield consistent results. We observe that there are … strong differences in the pattern of convergence across sub-periods and across subsets of regions. If Southern Europe seemed …

This paper studies the role of internal migration in income convergence across regions in Japan. Neoclassical theory … predicts that migration should have been an important source of convergence, but regression results suggest otherwise. The … shown that, although this effect did slow down convergence, its magnitude was too small to account for the discrepancy …

EMU increases with convergence of structural and fiscal policies, small money holdings, a conservative European Central …

fiscal convergence criteria written into the Treaty of Maastricht and its Protocols. In order to qualify for full membership …

Price and output level convergence between new member states and the existing EU necessarily implies inflation and … nominal criteria are suspended, the policy instruments required to achieve euro convergence are in the hands of the individual …

Due to technological convergence, multiple infrastructures can now offer broadband or triple-play services, while the …

convergence. Specifically, we extend a Melitz and Ottaviano (2008) type trade model with variable mark-ups to allow for endogenous … thus fails to promote convergence. …