A Gravity Approach to Constructing Regional Structures from Interregional Flow Data

Sigbjørn Sødal ()
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Sigbjørn Sødal: University of Agder

International Advances in Economic Research, 2017, vol. 23, issue 4, No 1, 377 pages

Abstract: Abstract A cost-based gravity index is derived from interregional flows in a structural gravity model and used to construct a set of regional structures with a variable number of regional units. The approach enables a structural description of the economic geography based on interregional resource flows. It is mainly exemplified with interstate migration data for the U.S., from which a set of macro-regions is constructed and compared with the U.S. Census divisions. A similar study of the six states in the New England division is discussed for comparison, based on inter-county data for migration and commuting.

Keywords: Spatial structure; Migration; Regional identity; Structural gravity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O10 R10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/s11294-017-9663-7

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