Papers on Convergence, Spatial Income inequality, Fiscal Decentralisation

1. Econometric Aspects of Convergence: A Survey [slides] [paper] link

2. Ong, K., K. Matthews, B. Wang, 2023, Growth versus Equity: The Effects of Centralised Fiscal Transfers on Chinese Provinces, Regional Studies, 57(11), 2307-2322. Cardiff-Fudan Working Paper 22/02 Revised draft replication_readme

3. Ong, K., K. Matthews, B. Wang, 2024, The Rising Tides That Lift the Boats: Growth through Heterogenous Convergence in Chinese Provinces, Open Economies Review, 35(4), 751-778. slides_conference slides_seminar SSRN 

4. Ong, K., 2024, Do Countries Converge to Their Steady States at Different Rates? Open Economies Review, 35(4), 723-749. SSRN slides_wams slides_ppt 

5. Regional Income Convergence: Brazil, The European Union and China. SSRN 

6. Understanding and Unlocking State-Level Growth Potential in Malaysia (with World Bank)

7. Who knows best? Do intergovernmental transfers reduce regional income inequality in China? (with K. Matthews and B. Wang) builds on 

8. Climate change and subnational population dynamics in Southeast Asian countries (with F. Chan, P.S. Wibisana and M. Meng)