Abstract The Phillips‐Sul approach to testing the club convergence hypothesis has attracted
considerable research interest in recent years due to its advantages over alternative …

Using a large firm-level dataset, this paper examines total factor productivity (TFP) and its
determinants in China. Our preferred GMM estimation results indicate increasing returns to …

In view of global warming, the concept of a low carbon world economy has been brought to
center stage. In this paper, a systematical empirical investigation of the convergence …

This paper applies the common Markov-switching panel data model from Hamilton and
Owyang (2012) to study the similarities and differences across China's provinces with …

Using the theoretical framework of spatial econometrics, we estimate the impact of capital
markets, ie, stock markets, medium-and-long term bond markets, and medium-and-long term …

This paper investigates club convergence in income per capita of 329 prefecture-level city
regions in China over a period of 1990 to 2014. A nonlinear time-varying factor model is …

Poland is affected not only by a persistent regional differentiation but also by an internal
polarization of regional development levels, particularly in rural areas. Local government …

Balanced and coordinated economic development across regions is a critical goal of
regional economic development and new-type urbanization in China. However, few studies …

This paper examines the effect of carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions on economic
convergence among Chinese provinces from 1998 to 2012 using the framework of …

China is a mountainous country with a great diversity of landform and geomorphology. This
diversity underlines the need for regionalization and classification. This study defines the …