The evolution of economic convergence in the European Union

Mihály Borsi and Norbert Metiu

No 28/2013, Discussion Papers from Deutsche Bundesbank

Abstract: This paper investigates economic convergence in real income per capita between 27 European Union countries. We employ a non-linear latent factor framework to study transitional behavior among economies between 1970 and 2010. Our results offer important insights on the economic catch-up exhibited by the new EU members in light of the institutional changes and macroeconomic adjustment processes undertaken over the last 40 years. Our main findings suggest no overall real income per capita convergence in the EU, however, we identify subgroups that converge to different steady states using an iterative testing procedure. Regional linkages play a significant role in determining the formation of convergence clubs. The empirical evidence suggests a clear separation between the new and old EU member states in the long run.

Keywords: Club convergence; Dynamic factor model; Economic integration; Growth; New member states (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C33 O47 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eec, nep-eur, nep-fdg, nep-geo, nep-pbe and nep-tra
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (32)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/80489/1/766254909.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
Journal Article: The evolution of economic convergence in the European Union (2015)
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:zbw:bubdps:282013

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Discussion Papers from Deutsche Bundesbank Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics ().