o:29501 Convergence clubs in different regions of Serbia en ABSTRACT: This paper investigates the existence of club convergence on the NUTS (Nomenclaturedes Unités Territoriales Statistiques) 3 level in Serbia. While a common approach in investigating convergence is based on dividing units of observation a priori into individual groups based on some of their particular characteristics, we use a method developed by Phillips and Sul that allows identification of clusters of convergence on the basis of an algorithm that is data-driven and thereby avoids a priori classification of the data into subgroups. We use data on real gross valued added (GVA) per capita for the NUTS3 level in Serbia for the period 2001–2017. Our results show that there are two convergence clubs in Serbia, while the Belgrade district shows no signs of convergence with any of the other clubs. KEYWORDS: Club convergence; log t test; Serbia; convergence 1552099 10.1080/13504851.2020.1765960 1552101 1350-4851 2023-05-16T12:06:00.545Z 44 no 46 Maria Candelaria Barrios Maja Jandrić Univerzitet u Beogradu Ekonomski fakultet person 12921447 0000-0002-7817-919X Dejan Molnar Univerzitet u Beogradu Ekonomski fakultet person 6736743 0000-0002-6081-8141 Svetozar Tanasković Univerzitet u Beogradu Ekonomski fakultet person 30008935 0000-0002-2903-6520 application/pdf 757789 https://phaidrabg.bg.ac.rs/o:29501 no yes 1 70 1552253 11A03 Applied Economics Letters 28 7 594 598 2021