University of Isfahan International Economics Studies 2008-9643 39 2 2634 02 20 Regional Convergence in Knowledge-based Economy 63 68 15547 10.22108/ies.2634.15547 EN Maryam Fattahi Tarbiat Modares Sajad Barkhordari Tarbiat Modares Journal Article 2016 06 14 Nowadays, the world economies are rapidly moving towards being more Knowledge-based Economy (KBE) and supporting the force of knowledge as a vital component of economic growth. This recent acceleration in the transition to Knowledge-based Economy in the world, has affected regional economic performance. In this paper, we surveyed the regional convergence in Knowledge-based Economy for selected Asia and pacific countries. We used a growth model in Barro and Sala-i-Martin framework (1995) for the period of 1995-2009. It includes a panel data set consisting of the annual growth rate of GDP per capita for selected Asia and pacific countries and a group of indicators that define the situation of Knowledge-based Economy in countries. The empirical results indicate that the absolute and the conditional convergence are not rejected for selected countries. The investigation on robustness of the model results confirms the existence of regional convergence for studied countries. JEL Classification : F15, P25, D83 Regional Convergence؛ Regional Convergence Knowledge؛ Based Economy Growth Economy؛ Knowledge -Based Economy؛ Growth Economy https://ies.ui.ac.ir/article_15547_7df39a23529e7f756e90c29df230ffb5.pdf