The aim of this paper is to present a further contribution, with panel data, to the analysis of absolute convergence … productivity at regional level. Presenting some empirical evidence of absolute convergence of productivity for each of the economic … empirical evidence of conditional convergence of productivity, for each of the economic sectors of the NUTS II of Portugal, from …

We show in this paper that spatial dependence and spatial heterogeneity matter in the estimation of the b-convergence … dependence and spatial heterogeneity in the form of structural instability across spatial convergence clubs. The estimation of … the appropriate spatial regimes spatial error model shows that the convergence process is different across regimes. We …

to the concepts of ƒã- and ƒÒ-convergence and emphasizes the importance of including spatial effects and a disaggregated … analysis at a sectoral level. We detect a significant -convergence only in aggregate labor productivity and in the services … sectors among peripheral regions. We also show that omitting spatial effects leads to biased measures of -convergence. We then …

services are and we provide evidence for this both in terms of traditional measures of sigma- and beta-convergence and more …

endogeneity, we find two key results for the growth of Italian regions. Firstly, we show that the rate of conditional convergence …

convergence. We apply three approaches to convergence – -convergence, σ-convergence and quantile-convergence (q-convergence), to … countries of the given sample tend to form convergence clubs in the relevant years. The analysis is run for the sample consisted …

focuses on the problem of suppose technology convergence (or divergence) among nations. The author implements and verifies the … hypothesis on β-convergence, as well as on the quantile convergence. The analysis is run for the sample consisted of 145 …

Coming from standard economic growth theory and empirical evidences, we concentrated on the convergence process as a … estimate a typology of the convergence process in the European area. Taking into account the existing differences among sectors … the strategies oriented to achieve a real convergence in EU and further in Adriatic-Balkans region. In this way, we can …

. Although convergence towards higher levels of income appears to be a distant prospect at current trend growth rates, this is … in this respect. While ... Renforcer la convergence des revenus en Europe Centrale après les adhesions à l … leur ont été très profitables. Même si la convergence vers des niveaux de revenu plus élevés semble une perspective …