caa a22 4500 467896429 CHVBK 20180406152805.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20060601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00181-005-0018-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00181-005-0018-5 Jungmittag Andre Macroeconomic Theory and Policy (FB B), University of Wuppertal, Gaußstraße 20, 42119, Wuppertal, Germany aut Innovation dynamics in the EU: convergence or divergence? A cross-country panel data analysis [Elektronische Daten] [Andre Jungmittag] This paper investigates whether a convergence or divergence of national innovation capabilities of the 15 EU countries occurs in the course of time. An answer to this question permits immediate conclusions with regard to the success prospects of a convergence of per capita incomes and labor productivities within the EU. For the empirical analysis based on patents granted at the US-Patent and Trademark Office, unit root tests for time series and panel data are used to scrutinize the convergence hypothesis. Taking all results together, evidence points to the fact that an absolute convergence of innovation capabilities is an exception. However, for a number of countries the results suggest either conditional convergence or convergence to their own growth paths. Springer-Verlag, 2006 Convergence nationallicence National innovation capabilities nationallicence Patents nationallicence Unit roots nationallicence Time series and panel data tests nationallicence Empirical Economics Physica-Verlag 31/2(2006-06-01), 313-331 0377-7332 31:2<313 2006 31 181 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-005-0018-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-005-0018-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Jungmittag Andre Macroeconomic Theory and Policy (FB B), University of Wuppertal, Gaußstraße 20, 42119, Wuppertal, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Empirical Economics Physica-Verlag 31/2(2006-06-01), 313-331 0377-7332 31:2<313 2006 31 181 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer