The literature on economic growth in Latin America still presents mixed results. In the case of Mexico, the main findings show a similar pattern, highlighting the lower capacity of the southern and central states to take advantage of the export-oriented model. The present research analyses the...

Marijuana prohibition ended in Canada in 2018 when marijuana was legalized at the federal level. Marijuana prohibition in the United States has de factor ended in a large percentage of states as marijuana has been legalized at the state level (even while it remains illegal under federal law)....

The exploitation of energy resources is an origin of economic growth for different regions. Peripheries though are subject to social, economic and political effects, with limited power on energy management. The present work examines regional convergence in energy productivity as an engine of...

We report non-zero weak lensing convergence correlation signal of Type-Ia supernovae from 5-year Supernovae Legacy Survey data. For our analysis we utilize 296 supernovae magnification data from 5-year SNLS in the weak lensing limit. The data we use consists of measurements from four different...

This paper studies the convergence problem of progressive Gaussian approximation filters (PGAFs). The convergence analysis of the PGAF is presented based on the Lyapunov method. It is proved that the estimation error is bounded when the convergence conditions hold. Based on the convergence...

This paper investigates greenhouse gas emissions convergence among twenty Latin American countries, for the period 1970 to 2015. To that end, we use the Phillips-Sul methodology to examine whether these countries have followed an absolute convergence process or, whether there has been a club...

The Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) was the most popular consumer electronics in the last decade times, but continued digital convergence in information technologies eroded its competitive position in the home video market. Yet, the DVD format still leads the electronics market in many developing...

Have Euro Area banks restored viability in the post-crisis era? We investigate profitability convergence for Euro Area banks over the period 2009-2020 using the concepts of beta and sigma convergence and a club clustering algorithm. Our evidence is consistent with a slow catch up of the weaker...

We analyze economic convergence across 64 districts of Bangladesh using newly harmonized satellite night light data over 1992-2018. The growth in night lights—taken as a proxy for regional economic activity—reveals overwhelming evidence of absolute convergence. Regional differences in night...

European industries are under pressure regarding their environmental performance and productivity growth. The current energy crisis offsets governments efforts to achieve carbon neutrality while removing significant degrees of freedom in terms of firm's competitiveness. This paper studies...