Advanced search
Publication Cover
Applied Economics Letters Volume 13, 2006 - Issue 12
Submit an article Journal homepage
137
Views
7
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

Testing the stochastic convergence of Italian regions using panel data

Mauro Costantini Department of Economic Theory and Quantitative Methods, University of Rome, 00181 Rome, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
&
Giuseppe Arbia Department of Quantitative Methods and Economic Theory, University of Chieti, Italy
Pages 775-783 | Published online: 24 Nov 2006

References

  • Arbia , G and Paelinck , JHP . 2003 . Continuous time modelling of regional convergence . International Regional Science Review , 26 : 342 – 62 .
  • Arbia , G and Paelinck , JHP . 2004 . Economic convergence or divergence? Modeling the interregional dynamics of EU regions, 1985–1999 . Geographical Systems , 5 : 291 – 314 .
  • Auteri , M and Costantini , M . 2004 . Fiscal policy and economic growth: the case of Italian regions . The Review of Regional Studies, No. 1 , 34 : 72 – 93 .
  • Banerjee , A . 1999 . Panel data unit root and cointegration: an overview . Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics , 61 : 607 – 29 .
  • Barro , R and Sala-i-Martin , X . 1991 . Convergence across states and regions . Brookings Papers of Economic Activity , 1 : 107 – 58 .
  • Bernard , AB and Durlauf , SN . 1995 . Convergence in international output . Journal of Applied Econometrics , 10 : 97 – 108 .
  • Bernard , AB and Durlauf , SN . 1996 . Interpreting tests of the convergence hypothesis . Journal of Econometrics , 71 : 161 – 73 .
  • Bernard , A and Jones , CI . 1996 . Productivity across industries and countries: time series theory and evidence . Review of Economics and Statistics , 78 : 135 – 46 .
  • Chen , RJ and Lu , CW . 2003 . Panel unit root tests of firm size and its growth . Applied Economics Letters , 10 : 343 – 5 .
  • Evans , P and Karras , G . 1996 . Convergence revisited . Journal of Monetary Economics , 37 : 249 – 65 .
  • Fleissig , A and Strauss , J . 2001 . Panel unit-root tests of OECD stochastic convergence . Review of International Economics , 9 : 153 – 62 .
  • Galor , O . 1996 . Convergence? Inference from theoretical models . The Economic Journal , 106 : 1056 – 69 .
  • Greene , WH . 2000 . Econometric Analysis , 4th edn , New Jersey : Prentice Hall: Upper Saddle River .
  • Hayashi , F . 2000 . Econometrics , Princeton : Princeton University Press .
  • Im , KS , Pesaran , MH and Shin , Y . 2003 . Testing for unit roots in heterogeneous panels . Journal of Econometrics , 115 : 53 – 74 .
  • Levin , A and Lin , CF . 1992 . Unit root tests in panel data: asymptotic and finite-sample properties . Working Paper 23 . 1992 . San Diego : University of California .
  • Neumayer , E and Cole , MA . 2003 . The pitfalls of convergence analysis: is the income gap really increasing . Applied Economics Letters , 6 : 355 – 7 .
  • O’Connel , PGJ . 1998 . The overvaluation of purchasing power parity . Journal of International Economics , 44 : 1 – 19 .
  • Österholm , P . 2004 . Killing four unit root birds in the US economy with three panel unit root test stones . Applied Economics Letters , 11 : 213 – 16 .
  • Paci , R and Pigliaru , F . 1997 . Structural change and convergence: an Italian regional perspective . Structural Change and Economic Dynamics , 8 : 297 – 318 .
  • Paci , R and Pigliaru , F . 2001 . Technological diffusion, spatial spillovers and regional convergence in Europe, . Note di Lavoro Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei , KNOW/36
  • Taylor , MP and Sarno , L . 1998 . The behaviour of real exchange rates during the post-Bretton Woods period . Journal of International Economics , 46 : 281 – 312 .
  • Zellner , A . 1962 . An efficient method of estimating unrelated regressions and tests for aggregation bias . Journal of the American Statistical Association , 57 : 348 – 68 .

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Supercharge Your Next Research Paper: Research and write your next paper with Jenni AI.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.