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The impact of local decentralization on economic growth : evidence from U.S. counties
Hammond, George W.; Tosun, Mehmet Serkan - 2009
We analyze the impact of fiscal decentralization on U.S. county population, employment, and real income growth. Our …. Our results suggest that local government decentralization matters differently for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan … counties. -- Fiscal decentralization ; metropolitan ; nonmetropolitan ; population ; employment ; income ; spatial econometrics …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003919883
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The Impact of Local Decentralization on Economic Growth : Evidence from U.S. Counties
Hammond, George W. - 2009
We analyze the impact of fiscal decentralization on U.S. county population, employment, and real income growth. Our …. Our results suggest that local government decentralization matters differently for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013153508
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The impact of local decentralization on economic growth: evidence from U.S. counties
Hammond, George W.; Tosun, Mehmet Serkan - 2009
We analyze the impact of fiscal decentralization on U.S. county population, employment, and real income growth. Our …. Our results suggest that local government decentralization matters differently for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276862
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Dynamic clusters
Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan - 2007
Globalization has had an enormous impact on traditional industrial structures. It seems almost the case that everything is everywhere the same. And yet, in reality, some regions in a single industrialized country enjoy rapid economic growth while others are downsizing or stagnating. Thus there...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009744908
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Institutions Versus Geography : Subnational Evidence from the United States
Clifton, Eric V. - 2006
Empirical studies of the impact of geography and institutions on growth and development at the international level have become common place, but the high degree of abstraction at that level has led to calls for subnational studies. This paper examines these issues for a region of the United...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012779512
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Sigma Convergence Versus Beta Convergence : Evidence from U.S. County-Level Data
Young, Andrew T.; Higgins, Matthew John; Levy, Daniel - 2015
In this paper we outline (i) why sigma-convergence may not accompany beta-convergence, (ii) discuss evidence of beta-convergence in the U.S., and (iii) use U.S. county-level data containing over 3,000 cross-sectional observations to demonstrate that sigma-convergence has not occurred at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014029829
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Sigma Convergence versus Beta Convergence : Evidence from U.S. County-Level Data
Young, Andrew T.; Higgins, Matthew John; Levy, Daniel - 2015
In this paper we outline (i) why sigma-convergence may not accompany beta-convergence, (ii) discuss evidence of beta-convergence in the U.S., and (iii) use U.S. county-level data containing over 3,000 cross-sectional observations to demonstrate that sigma-convergence cannot be detected at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014026226
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Local Government Taxes and Long-Run Economic Growth in U.S. Metropolitan Areas
Stansel, Dean; Swaleheen, Mushfiq - 2008
This paper explores the factors that contribute to long-run economic growth in U.S. metropolitan areas, with particular attention given to government finance variables. Unlike previous work that examines only a sub-sample of the largest areas, this paper uses a new comprehensive data set for all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014212102
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Determinants of urbanization
Hofman, Anett; Wan, Guangha - 2013
In light of the United Nations' (UN) latest urbanization projections, par- ticularly with respect to India and the People's Republic of China, a good understanding is needed of what drives aggregate urbanization trends. Yet, previous literature has largely neglected the issue in favor of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781149
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Urban-Biased Growth : A Macroeconomic Analysis
Eckert, Fabian; Ganapati, Sharat; Walsh, Conor - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Since 1980, US wage growth has been fastest in large cities. Empirically, we show that most of this urban-biased growth reflects wage growth at large Business Services firms, which are also the most intensive users of information and communications technology (ICT) capital in the US economy. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013388871