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Heterogeneity in Convergence Rates and Income Determination across U.S. States: Evidence from County-Level Data
Young, Andrew; Higgins, Matthew; Levy, Daniel - EconWPA - 2004
convergence rate across the U.S. is about 7 percent per year – higher than the 2 percent normally found with OLS in cross …-country, U.S. state, and European region samples. Estimated convergence rates for 32 individual states are above 2 percent with … an average of 8.1 percent. For 29 states the convergence rate is above 2 percent with 95 percent confidence. For seven …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118829
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Space and Growth
Abreu, Maria; Groot, Henri L.F. de; Florax, Raymond J.G.M. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004
This paper reviews the empirical literature on growth and convergence that has addressed the importance of spatial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256152
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Space and Growth
Abreu, Maria; Groot, Henri L.F. de; Florax, Raymond J.G.M. - Tinbergen Institute - 2004
This paper reviews the empirical literature on growth and convergence that has addressed the importance of spatial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005144476
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Sigma-Convergence Versus Beta-Convergence: Evidence from U.S. County-Level Data
Young, Andrew; Higgins, Matthew; Levy, Daniel - EconWPA - 2005
In this paper we outline (i) why ó-convergence may not accompany â- convergence, (ii)cite evidence of â-convergence in … the U.S., (iii) and use USA county-level data containing over 3,000 cross-sectional observations to demonstrate that ó-convergence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005412590
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Growth and Convergence across the US: Evidence from County-Level Data
Higgins, Matthew; Levy, Daniel; Young, Andrew - EconWPA - 2005
We use county data with 3,058 observations to study growth and convergence in the US. We assess the effect of 40 … convergence rates around 2 percent, but 3SLS yields 6–8 percent; (2) convergence rates vary across the U.S. E.g., Southern …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005412718
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Federal, State, and Local Governments: Evaluating their Separate Roles in US Growth
Higgins, Matthew; Young, Andrew; Levy, Daniel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
We use US county level data (3,058 observations) from 1970 to 1998 to explore the relationship between economic growth and the extent of government employment at three levels: federal, state and local. We find that increases in federal, state and local government employments are all negatively...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005616935
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Growth and Technological Leadership in US Industries: A Spatial Econometric Analysis at the State Level, 1963-1997
Pede, Valerien O.; Florax, Raymond J.G.M.; Groot, Henri … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2007
government, and including a combined sector of totals. The results indicate that none of the sectors exhibits ó-convergence, but … they all show strong evidence of â-convergence with a convergence club pattern that is apparent for the wholesale …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038953
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A Meta-Analysis of Beta-Convergence: The Legendary Two-Percent
Abreu, Maria; Groot, Henri L.F. de; Florax, Raymond J.G.M. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2005
The topic of convergence is at the heart of a wide-ranging debate in the growth literature. Empirical studies of … convergence differ widely in their theoretical backgrounds, empirical specifications and in their treatment of cross …-sectional heterogeneity. Despite these differences, a rate of convergence of about 2% has been found under a variety of different conditions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255754
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A Meta-Analysis of Beta-Convergence: The Legendary Two-Percent
Abreu, Maria; Groot, Henri L.F. de; Florax, Raymond J.G.M. - Tinbergen Institute - 2005
The topic of convergence is at the heart of a wide-ranging debate in the growth literature. Empirical studies of … convergence differ widely in their theoretical backgrounds, empirical specifications and in their treatment of cross …-sectional heterogeneity. Despite these differences, a rate of convergence of about 2% has been found under a variety of different conditions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005144527
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Bohemians, Human Capital, and Regional Economic Growth
Falck, Oliver; Fritsch, Michael; Heblich, Stephan - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
An emerging literature on the geography of bohemians argues that a region's lifestyle and cultural amenities explain, at least partly, the unequal distribution of highly qualified people across space, which in turn, explains geographic disparities in economic growth. However, to date, there has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005007665