This paper investigates the evolution of the Brazilian per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) - known as sigma-convergence … the scale reduction. This suggests the occurrence of a distinct convergence process of the per capita GPD between the two … North and Northeast and the convergence for the rest of the country. This result shows that there is not one scale that is …

Using panel data, this paper explores the role of infrastructure and human capital in the convergence of income levels … reject the hypothesis of non-convergence in per capita incomes of UE countries, but the results do not support the hypothesis … that the speed of convergence is affected by infrastructures. …