Income distribution dynamics and cross-region convergence in Europe

Abstract

Regional income, Distribution dynamics, Stochastic kernel estimation, Spatial filtering, EU-27, C14, D30, O18, O47, R11,

Térségek konvergenciájának vizsgálata a V4-országokban

“…A konvergencia mérési megközelítései alapján jellemzően három kategóriát különböztetnek meg, amelyek számunkra is relevánsak (Capello-Nijkamp [2009], Dusek-Kotosz [2016, Fischer-Stumpner [2009], Le Gallo-Fingleton [2014):…”

Measuring intra-distribution income dynamics: an application to the European regions

“…Following this approach, Hyndman et al (1996) have developed a new technique which offers additional insights with respect to the former (Basile 2006;Fischer and Stumpner 2008;Hierro and). Two are the main advantages of this alternative conditional density estimator: first, it offers better statistical properties than the traditional stochastic kernel estimator; second, it provides a much powerful visualization tool, this allowing an easier and direct interpretation of the results.…”

“…Just as a short reference to some of the most interesting works, it is worth mentioning the old but excellent survey edited by Armstrong and Vickerman (1995). More recently, the books edited by Cuadrado-Roura and Parellada (2002) and Fingleton (2003), reviews as Magrini (2004), and papers such as those of López-Bazo et al (1999), Badinger et al (2004), Miller and Genc (2005), Fingleton and López-Bazo (2006), Meliciani (2006), Arbia et al (2008), Fischer and Stumpner (2008), and Mora (2008) are very good references.…”

“…Regarding this type of data, and arising not only from measurement problems but also mainly from interactions across regions, a batch of studies has focused in the last few years on the fact that regional economic data may be spatially dependent [for recent papers see Fischer and Stumpner (2008), and ]. Therefore, to ascertain whether our data are affected or not by spatial dependence, we carry out an Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis (ESDA) and proceed accordingly.…”

Analysis of Convergence of Fiscal Variables in Sub-Saharan African Countries (1981-2007): A Stochastic Technique

“…The process of economic convergence at the country level has been analyzed extensively in the literature (See Barro and Sala-i-Martins (1992); Cappelen et al (2001)); Fischer et al (2007). The analysis of convergence in fiscal variables have been less thoroughly investigated empirically in the literature either at specific or cross country level due to the fact that the theoretical literature is still not clear about the contribution of fiscal policy variables, especially taxation and other distributional measures to long-term growth and convergence is SSA countries additionally because of lack of reliable and consistent fiscal data at the countries level.…”