Economic convergence of the new member states (NMS) of the EU towards the old EU countries (EU-15), not only in terms … indebtedness. At the same time we evaluate the impact of convergence on the EU-15 countries also, by endogenising offshoring and … process of convergence. We find that in a general equilibrium setting fears of large adverse effects of a relocation of EU-15 …

-industry restructuring in productivity growth, few studies have gone beyond the framework of the representative firm in examining convergence …

Using a neo-classical growth model, we analyse the real and nominal GDP per capita convergence of 21 emerging market … physical capital intensities in the long run. Due to standard-convergence in the model, catching up will continue at a … decelerating speed. Also nominal convergence in prices that will lead to a real appreciation of the EME currencies with respect to …