REGIONAL ECONOMIC STRUCTURE AND CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN THE BUILT PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

Stephanie E. Chang

Papers in Regional Science, 1997, vol. 76, issue 4, 385-407

Abstract: ABSTRACT While previous studies have shown that capital stock differences influence regional variations in economic performance, the dynamics by which regional capital differences arise remain poorly understood. This paper investigates the role of industry composition as a factor in regional investment. The scope is limited to nonresidential structures capital. Significant differences in industry investment are shown through analysis of historic trends, capital intensity, and investment determinants using U.S. national data for the period 1954–89. Regional analysis demonstrates that spatial patterns of investment over the period 1977–90 can to a large extent be explained by economic structure, industry production levels, and public infrastructure investment.

Date: 1997
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Downloads: (external link)
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1435-5597.1997.tb00700.x

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:bla:presci:v:76:y:1997:i:4:p:385-407

Access Statistics for this article

Papers in Regional Science is currently edited by Jouke van Dijk

More articles in Papers in Regional Science from Wiley Blackwell
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Wiley Content Delivery ().