Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/24051 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 04-42
Publisher: 
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim
Abstract: 
This paper adopts a spatial econometric perspective to analyse regional convergence of per capita income in Europe in 1995 to 2000 and, moreover, relaxes the assumption of a single steady-state growth path which appears to be out of tune with reality of empirical dynamics. The two-club spatial error convergence model with groupwise heteroskedasticity is found to be most appropriate for the data at hand. Two empirical key findings are worthwhile to note. The first is that the data provide much support for unconditional ß-convergence in Europe. The second is that the usual convergence conclusions hold. But they do so for reasons that are not revealed by the classical test equation that is typical in mainstream economics literature.
Subjects: 
European Regions
Income Convergence
Spatial Econometrics
JEL: 
C21
R15
O52
R11
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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