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quarcs-lab/mendez2020-convergence-clubs-code-data: First release
Data and code to replicate the findings of Mendez(2020).
Carlos Mendez-Guerra
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Convergence clubs and subsistence economies [PDF]
Abstract This paper focuses on one possible explanation for the empirical evidence of (a) income convergence among the world's poorest countries and among its wealthiest countries, and (b) income divergence among most of the remaining countries. The model incorporates the assumption of subsistence consumption into the neoclassical exogenous growth ...
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Club Convergence in EU Countries: A Sectoral Perspective [PDF]
We employ Phillips and Sul’s (2007) nonlinear dynamic factor model to investigate whether economic integration within the EU has caused countries’ productive structures to become increasingly similar and sector-level productivity to converge over the period 1995-2018. This analysis provides several results.
Cavallaro, E., Villani, I.
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In many applications common in testing for convergence the number of cross-sectional units is large and the number of time periods are few. In these situations tests which are founded upon an omnibus null hypothesis are characterised by a number of problems.
Corrado, L., Weeks, M.
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Health expenditure convergence and the roles of trade and governance in Africa
This study investigates the convergence hypothesis in health expenditures in 40 African countries over the 2000–2019 period. The new non-linear dynamic factor model is used on panel data extracted from the World Development Indicator and the World ...
Ariane Ephemia Ndzignat Mouteyica +1 more
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Is there club convergence in Latin America? [PDF]
Previous studies of the income convergence hypothesis for Latin American economies indicate that almost all are not systematically closing their income gap with developed nations. The few studies to consider whether they instead exhibit club convergence—i.e., convergence to a steady-state equilibrium significantly inferior to that of the developed ...
King, Alan, Ramlogan-Dobson, Carlyn
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Clarifying the regional differences in coal production and consumption is important for the adjustment of the energy structure. To understand the spatial and temporal variability of coal production and consumption, this study examined coal consumption ...
He Yinnan +2 more
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Are There Industrial and Agricultural Convergence Clubs in China? [PDF]
This paper discusses growth differentials of Chinese provinces geared to agricultural activities and those focusing on industrial production over three decades of economic reform. Following trade theory and endogenous growth theory, we suggest that the fundamental differences between regions arise from their resource allocations at the start of reforms.
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About regional convergence clubs in the European Union [PDF]
The goal of this research is to present the concept of convergence club within the European Union members, starting from the hypothesis that an overall convergence cannot be identified because of the high output disparities between ...
Mihaela Simionescu
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Does Perceived Corruption Converge? International Evidence
This article analyses the evolution over time of perceived corruption for a large set of countries worldwide. To proxy corruption, we use the recently proposed Bayesian Corruption Index (Standaert, S. (2015).
Lafuente Juan Ángel +3 more
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