the pattern of China’s regional economic growth on the basis of a theoretical model on convergence. We find a tendency to …

This paper examines the process of convergence in relative GDP per capita across EU countries and Turkey and … convergence was found to be higher for EU countries. We apply panel data tests of convergence with annual data available from 1998 …

We revisit Western Europe’s record with labor-productivity convergence, and tentatively extrapolate its implications … capital accumulation and TFP growth reflect convergence along two margins. One margin (between industry) is a massive …. Coupled with the fact that within-industry productivity gaps are enormous, this suggests that convergence will take a long …

This paper uses multivariate time series methods to investigate convergence of Chinese real GDP per capita at regional … and provincial levels over the period 1952 – 2001. We reject convergence across regions. However, we find evidence of …