The paper is aimed at studying the absolute and conditional convergence in the Central and Eastern European countries … convergence in the CEE region might be seen as an intermediary stage of the CEE participation to the EMU. The case of Romania is … particularly examined, with a focus on its macroeconomic performances and the role it plays in the process of regional convergence …

high probability or almost surely, respectively. These convergence results yield conditions for the learning models in [13 …

variously influence the nature and extent of HRM practices. By considering the findings of prior research on convergence and …

estimate the half life of convergence to be approximately 9 years. The following hypotheses are investigated as explanations … for the slow convergence: (i) Arbitrage impediments induced by transportation costs, and (ii) and the inclusion of … upper bound on convergence rates that participants in European Monetary Union may experience. …