Introduction

Tomasz Kijek, Arkadiusz Kijek and Anna Matras-Bolibok
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Tomasz Kijek: Maria Curie-Skłodowska University
Arkadiusz Kijek: Maria Curie-Skłodowska University
Anna Matras-Bolibok: Maria Curie-Skłodowska University

Chapter Chapter 1 in Innovation and Regional Technological Convergence, 2023, pp 1-4 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The concept of income convergence has drawn the attention of many economists involved in the growth debate (Alataş, 2021). Recent theories of growth and empirical studies suggest that heterogeneity with respect to technological conditions in general and total factor productivity—TFP in particular are identified as the most decisive factors for the rate of income convergence of countries (Islam, 2003). Apparently, depending on whether initial TFP differences decrease or increase over time, income convergence or divergence may be a matter of fact. This has directed researchers’ attention to the concept of technological (TFP) convergence.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-24531-2_1

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