Essays about: "catch-up convergence"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words catch-up convergence.

  1. 1. Growth and Resilience Theory: A new way of conceptualising convergence dynamics.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Anthony Smythe; [2022]
    Keywords : Economic Development; Growth; Shrinking; Resilience; Convergence; Divergence; Catch-up; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Recent studies have highlighted how building resilience to ‘shrinking’ episodes, as opposed to increasing growth rates, appears to be the missing piece of the puzzle when it comes to between-country income convergence. All economies seem to be able to grow, but few countries have been able to drastically improve their shrinking patterns, which has underpinned the divergence often argued in literature. READ MORE

  3. 2. Catch-Up with Me if You Can: An empirical analysis of convergence of carbon emission intensity in the EU power sector

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Karl Sundblad; Sean Tay; [2019]
    Keywords : carbon emission intensity; EU power sector; stochastic convergence; beta-convergence; environmental economics;

    Abstract : The anthropogenic impact on climate change is discernible and the power sector is known to be one of the main contributors of greenhouse gas emissions. This thesis takes a cross-country sectoral approach with the overall objective of analyzing convergence of carbon emission intensity in electricity generation across the power sectors in the EU. READ MORE

  4. 3. Increasingly unequal? Convergence of real wages in the EU

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Daniel Edin; [2018]
    Keywords : real wage convergence; sigma convergence; beta convergence; european union; time-series convergence; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The European union has taken steps to remove obstacles for labor mobility and per neoclassical economic theory this should lead to an equalisation of the real wages through an increase in labor mobility. Real wages is an important indicator of welfare and the equalisation process is called convergence by economists. READ MORE

  5. 4. Economic Growth and Technology Diffusion, Emphasizing the importance of developing country firm - knowledge for growth and income convergence

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Gustav Personne; [2009]
    Keywords : economic growth; diffusion; Technology; R D; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In this paper I build upon the theory of endogenous economic growth to explain the presence or absence of convergence between the industrialized and the developing world. This is done by emphasizing the role of the business firm as an avenue to technological “catch up”. READ MORE

  6. 5. Different patterns of Agriculture development in China. A spatial-dynamic development trajectories in cross-provincial comparison

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Michal Krol; [2009]
    Keywords : economic growth; agriculture; development; inequality; industralisation.; Social and economic history; Ekonomisk och social historia; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : Recently the question of agriculture development has been emphasised as an important part of balanced sustainable growth in China. My paper accounts for different growth trajectories and development pace between coastal regions and inland provinces. READ MORE