A proposal to empirically evaluate the sensitivity of the speed of convergence in the EU
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UAM. Departamento de Economía AplicadaPublisher
Instituto de Estudios FiscalesDate
2009Serie/Num.
Instituto de Estudios Fiscales. 15/09ISSN
1578-0252Subjects
Speed of convergence; Growth model; Public policies; EconomíaAbstract
This article presents an innovative methodology to empirically evaluate the response of the rate of convergence in the neoclassical growth model to changes in the conditional factors. We apply this method to test the sensitivity of the speed of convergence in the EU-15 during the period 1980-2002 to increases in human and public capital. The analysis proposes two scenarios of convergence: the first one will make it possible to estimate the effect on the speed of convergence arising from changes in the instruments in the EU as a whole; and a second scenario where the effect on the speed of convergence resulting from changes in each one of the countries is considered separately. In this way an attempt will be made to identify not only the potential of various public policies to influence European convergence, but also the role they may play in each country toward achieving convergence in the EU.
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Google Scholar:Lucas Santos, Sonia de
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Álvarez Ayuso, Inmaculada
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Delgado Rodríguez, María Jesús
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