This paper uses an autocorrelation function (ACF) approach to develop a new testing procedure for international Output convergence. We define convergence in terms of sample ACFs of detrended Output per capita, and construct an inference set-up based on resampling and subsampling techniques for dependent data. Using per capita GDP for 15 OECD countries observed over a century, we find that the hypothesis of conditional convergence is unsupported; that, the USA apart, the linearized neoclassical growth model fails to replicate the transitional dynamics of OECD economics; and that these economies do not behave like a Club.

International Output Convergence: Evidence from an AutoCorrelation Function Approach

CAGGIANO, GIOVANNI;
2009

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This paper uses an autocorrelation function (ACF) approach to develop a new testing procedure for international Output convergence. We define convergence in terms of sample ACFs of detrended Output per capita, and construct an inference set-up based on resampling and subsampling techniques for dependent data. Using per capita GDP for 15 OECD countries observed over a century, we find that the hypothesis of conditional convergence is unsupported; that, the USA apart, the linearized neoclassical growth model fails to replicate the transitional dynamics of OECD economics; and that these economies do not behave like a Club.
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