Club Convergence in EU Countries: A Sectoral Perspective

Patent Club Convergence among Countries

The article uncovers profound empirical and conceptual shortcomings concerning the "one-size-fits-all" innovation and intellectual property-related policies used internationally. These policies surely are funneled by the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the TRIPS Agreement or the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)'s archetypical Development Agenda. The article offers a novel deli...

The Survey of Economic Convergence and Spillover Effects between EU and Mediterranean Countries: a Spatial Econometric Perspective

the survey of economic convergence and spillover effects between eu and mediterranean countries: a spatial econometric perspective

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The Relation between Inflation and Regional Unemployment and Sectoral Income Growth Dispersion: Evidence from EU-Countries

Using data from 15 EU countries for 1974-2004, with various specifications and estimation methods this paper gives strong support to the idea that the aggregate inflation-output gap or inflation-unemployment rate relationship is not linear because inflation is relatively more sensitive to markets and regions that are close to a capacity constraint. Accordingly, inflation is not only related to ...

OECD Convergence: A Sectoral Decomposition Exercise

This paper decomposes OECD convergence into contributions from sectoral productivity growth and contributions from employment shift across sectors. While productivity growth in services and agriculture contributed significantly to convergence, the contributions from employment shift and productivity growth in manufacturing are statistically insignificant. JEL: O41, O47