convergence rate across the U.S. is about 7 percent per year – higher than the 2 percent normally found with OLS in cross …-country, U.S. state, and European region samples. Estimated convergence rates for 32 individual states are above 2 percent with … an average of 8.1 percent. For 29 states the convergence rate is above 2 percent with 95 percent confidence. For seven …

participated in the convergence phenomenon, Ireland, also neutral but democratic, was not able to converge to the developed world …

. It is also shown that divergence or convergence may arise instead of overtaking, depending on the initial levels of …

This paper analyzes the per-capita incomes convergence process across 140 NUTS2 European regions during the period 1980 … whether the cross-regions income distribution shows evidence of convergence, i.e a tendency for the steady-state distribution …-sectionally correlated panels. Unlike other studies, we find evidence of convergence among the EU regions. When looking at the distribution …

durant la dernière décennie et à partir de là, déceler une éventuelle possibilité de convergence. …

participated in the convergence phenomenon, Ireland, also neutral but democratic, was not able to converge to the developed world …