â â â  â â â  nowadays, the world economies are rapidly moving towards being more knowledge-based economy (kbe) and supporting the force of knowledge as a vital component of economic growth. this recent acceleration in the transition to knowledge-based economy in the world, has affected regional economic performance. in this paper, we surveyed the regional convergence in knowledge-based economy...

Nowadays, the world economies are rapidly moving towards being more Knowledge-based Economy (KBE) and supporting the force of knowledge as a vital component of economic growth. This recent acceleration in the transition to Knowledge-based Economy in the world, has affected regional economic performance. In this paper, we surveyed the regional convergence in Knowledge-based Economy for selected ...

We take th e F u jita & Thisse (2003) grow th-cum -geography m odel to investigate th e effect of m igration and enduring social re lationships on regional p roduction and grow th. We assert th a t m igration is an im ­ p o rta n t fac to r to overcome th e d istance decay effect of cross-regional knowledge spillovers, while social ties determ ine th e ex ten t to which th is is th e case. O ur...

convergence hypothesis is one of the results of neoclassical growth model, which has been examined recently. this hypothesis has two forms of absolute and conditional beta-convergence and implies that regions with lower per capita output have higher per capita growth rates. since there is no data for regional gdp in iran, there has been n study to test convergence hypothesis in iran. our main c...

Convergence hypothesis is one of the results of neoclassical growth model, which has been examined recently. This hypothesis has two forms of absolute and conditional Beta-convergence and implies that regions with lower per capita output have higher per capita growth rates. Since there is no data for regional GDP in Iran, there has been n study to test convergence hypothesis in Iran. Our main c...

Knowledge spillover theory introduces specialized knowledge and human capital accumulation into the production function, breaks through limitations of traditional economic theory, illustrates continuous permanent source power growth. This article attempts to study “club phenomenon” uneven development China’s regional economy from perspective spillover, using Spatial Dubin Model (SDM) process pr...

in present study, role of agricultural on eco countries regional convergence was assessed in dynamic panel data model. at first, eco countries convergence and agricultural sector effect in convergence acceleration was surveyed by generalized method of moments (gmm) over the period 1996-2005. results showed that, this is convergence between eco countries. in spite of increasing regional growth, ...