Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Azomahou, Theophile T.
Author-Email: azomahou@merit.unu.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: UNU-MERIT, and Maastricht University
Author-Name: El Ouardighi, Jalal
Author-Workplace-Name: BETA, Universite de Strasbourg
Author-Name: Nguyen-Van, Phu
Author-Email: nguyen-van@unistra.fr
Author-Workplace-Name: BETA, CNRS and Universite de Strasbourg
Author-Name: Kim Cuong Pham, Thi  
Author-Workplace-Name: BETA, Universite de Strasbourg
Title: Convergence of European Regions: A Reappraisal
Abstract: We provide a reappraisal of income convergence across European regions 
	 over the period 1990-2005 by using a semiparametric partially linear 
	 model to approximate the relationship between the average growth rate of 
	 GDP per capita and the initial GDP per capita. Estimation results point 
	 out both country heterogeneity and non-linearity in the convergence 
	 process. Only low income regions converge while there is little evidence 
	 of convergence for higher income regions.
Classification-JEL: C14, O40, O52
Keywords: Convergence, Heterogeneity, Non-linearity, Kernel estimator,
	 European regions
Series: UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Creation-Date: 2010
Number: 2010-029
File-URL: https://unu-merit.nl/publications/wppdf/2010/wp2010-029.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 275 Kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2010029