The dominant view in the recent literature on regional convergence seems to be that the evolution of regional incomes in the industrial countries is characterized by very slow but absolute beta convergence. In this paper we challenge this view on the basis of an analysis of the Spanish...

In this study we examine Australian census data on regional incomes for the period 1976-91. Following a discussion of theories and empirical evidence regarding regional income adjustment, the regional dispersion of per capita income is analysed for Australian states and at the sub-state level.

The purpose of this paper is to propose an approach of the firms-territories relationships that should not be restricted to the sole point of view of the localisation's theory. Such an approach aims then to refer to a continous temporality that should not reduced to the sole moments of an...

The ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) agreement was signed byt the six members of the Association of Southeast Asian nations (ASEAN) in 1992. The purpose of this paper is to provide some quantitiative assessment of the importance of this economic agreement for one of its signatories, Thailand.

Using available bilateral trade data between members of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) formerly PTA, this study estimated the extent of intra-industry trade and the factors that determine this trade in the region. The results of the study show that indeed this trade...

The aim of the report is to provide a survey of recent literature regarding regionalization and regional cooperation in East Asia in general and in Southeast Asia in particular, and, second, to review a number of historical and contemporary debates in regard to the potential regionalization...

The study offers a number of conclusions as to the relevance for southern Africa of the various regionalization models. Both theory and experience show that the trade integration model is badly equipped to be the basis for regionalization in Africa, as the production structure of most African...

Several recent studies have examined the tendency of regions within a nation to exhibit long-term convergence in per capital income levels. In this paper we examine the tendency towards convergence among the provinces of China during the period 1952-1993.

The ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) agreement was signed byt the six members of the Association of Southeast Asian nations (ASEAN) in 1992. The purpose of this paper is to provide some quantitiative assessment of the importance of this economic agreement for one of its signatories, Thailand.

La presente etude a pour but de poser un diagnostic sur l'evolution des disparites regionales au Canada a partir d'une analyse empirique qui s'inscrit dans la nouvelle vague des etudes consacrees a la convergence et a la croissance economique. L'apport empirique de l'etude se fera en deux...