Is there convergence across countries? A spatial approach

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Berry, Heather; Guillen, Mauro F.; Hendi, Arun S.
• 署名单位: George Washington University; University of Pennsylvania; University of Pennsylvania
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2506
• DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2013.72
• 发表日期: 2014
• 页码: 387-404
• 关键词: convergence; divergence; semiglobalization; regional integration; trade blocks; minimum volume ellipsoid (MVE)

摘要

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.