Studies of convergence in the 1990s found no tendency for poor countries to catch up with
rich ones. If anything, there was divergence: rich countries growing faster than poor …

The literature on convergence in per-capita income across countries has not converged on a
common concept of convergence. It may be within a country towards its own steady state or …

This paper shows that CEE countries converge in manufacturing productivity to more
developed EU countries, while southern EU countries have failed to converge. Large …

Moving labor from agriculture to manufacturing–“industrialization”–is often viewed as
essential for the development of poor countries. We present new evidence on the channels …

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the Solow-Swan's proposition that poorer
countries grow faster than richer countries causing declining income disparities across …

Based on the β-convergence method, this paper studies whether there is innovation
convergence in Chinese cities as a whole, and analyzes the reasons why cities within urban …

This paper sheds light on convergence of innovation (patenting) using data from twodigit
manufacturing industries in 32 countries over the period of 1976-2006. It shows that …

This study constructs and tests a Schumpeterian growth model of cross-country
convergence incorporating contract incompleteness. The model implies that all countries …

Abstract The BRICs economies (Brazil, Russia, India and China) created a buzz with a
strong run in the global expansion of the 2000s and the help of a little pumping up of their …

Innovation convergence is a key concept in studying the innovation gap between different
entities. However, existing literature presents significant discrepancies in understanding its …