. When testing the model using data obtained from Spanish regions, evidence of convergence is not found, in spite of the … mobility. After analyzing other factors potentially affecting regional convergence, a number of recommendations are supplied in …

growth model of technology diffusion, indicates that some spatial variables affect the speed of convergence relative to the … the speed of convergence but generates congestion in some countries. These spatial variables also affect the aggregate … supply, and hence the price and output levels. Key words: transportation, regional growth, convergence, congestion. JEL Class …

In this paper, we test the neoclassical growth model and its main prediction of conditional convergence of productivity …-1998 and 1998-2002 and confirm the convergence hypothesis only for the last period of transition, while in the early transition … results, however, should not yet be intepreted as a sign of a pfirmenent return to convergence in transition countries as they …

In this paper, we test the neoclassical growth model and its main prediction of conditional convergence of productivity …-1998 and 1998-2002 and confirm the convergence hypothesis only for the last period of transition, while in the early transition … results, however, should not yet be intepreted as a sign of a permenent return to convergence in transition countries as they …

While European integration has substantially contributed to economic convergence between the member states of the EU … towards economic convergence on a national scale between 2000 and 2011, mainly caused by the rapid growth of the most lagging … countries. On a regional scale, however, the process of convergence was much slower and almost came to an end after the …

This paper analyses to what extent the Spanish provinces have shown a convergence process since 1980 to nowadays. The … exitence of a unique convergence process between them. Rather, we can observe the existence of differentiated clubs up to 2007 …