convergence in Europe. The empirical part of the study bases on the regional GDP pc and innovation indicators on the EU-27 NUTS2 … additional 20% are country specific factors. Estimating convergence equations, we noticed that regional innovations tend to … increase inter-regional differences, at least during the short-run period. Thus, if regional income convergence is a policy …

The speed of income convergence in Europe remains one of the hot topics in regional economics. Recently Bayesian Model …., Feldkircher, M. (2012), 'Spatial Filtering, Model Uncertainty and the Speed of Income Convergence in Europe', Journal of Applied …

distribution dynamics approach in order to analyse the role of some variables in the convergence of productivity across European … regions over the period 1980-2002. We find that the initial productivity crucially accounts in the convergence process across … statistically significant only for the least productive regions. The output composition of a region in 1980 affects the convergence …

rates across Russian cities. I find that wages in Russian cities exhibit convergence. I also test whether city population … (which is a proxy for city size) has positive impact on the speed of convergence. Using geographical location characteristics …

social cohesion scenario displays less effectiveness in fostering convergence processes. These results may drive future …

which regional development originates from the (un)balance between convergence, driven by diminishing returns and divergence …