Is there convergence across countries? A spatial approach

• Autores: Heather Berry, Mauro F. Guillén, Arun S. Hendi
• Localización: Journal of International Business Studies, ISSN-e 1478-6990, Vol. 45, Nº. 4, 2014, págs. 387-404
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • We analyze convergence across countries over the last half century as a result of globalizing forces. Drawing on theories of modernization, dependency, the world-system, political trade blocs, and the world-society, we consider economic, demographic, knowledge, financial, and political dimensions of convergence. Using a new methodology, we calculate the minimum volume ellipsoid encompassing different groupings of countries, finding that during the 1960-2009 period, countries have not evolved significantly closer or similar to one another, although groups of countries based on their core-periphery status or membership in trade blocs exhibit increasing internal convergence and divergence between one another.