This paper proposes a fixed-effect panel methodology that enables us to simultaneously take into account both TFP convergence and the traditional neoclassical-type of convergence. We analyse a sample of Italian regions between 1963 and 1993 and find strong evidence that both mechanisms were at...

This paper proposes a fixed-effect panel methodology based on Islam (2000) to assess the existence of technology convergence across the Italian regions between 1963 and 1993. Our results find strong support to both the presence of TFP heterogeneity across Italian regions and to the hypothesis...