GROWTH AND VOLATILITY OF MICROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS IN THE U.S

Bienvenido S. Cortes, Michael Davidsson and Michael McKinnis

The International Journal of Business and Finance Research, 2015, vol. 9, issue 4, 89-102

Abstract: A micropolitan statistical area is defined by the U.S. Department of Commerce as A core based statistical area associated with at least one urban cluster that has a population of at least 10,000, but less than 50,000. Recently, the U.S. Census Bureau also identified the micropolitan area as an emerging metropolitan area. Despite its growing importance, the literature on the economic characteristics of micropolitan areas so far has been limited. The objectives of this study are: (1) to describe the geographic distribution, growth, and volatility of the U.S. micropolitan areas during the 1969-2012 period; and (2) to identify and measure the determinants of growth and volatility of micropolitan areas. Findings show that micropolitan area growth is dependent on sectoral composition, initial market size, and spatial/locational effects

Keywords: Micropolitan; Volatility; Central Place (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R11 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.theibfr2.com/RePEc/ibf/ijbfre/ijbfr-v9n4-2015/IJBFR-V9N4-2015-8.pdf (application/pdf)

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:ibf:ijbfre:v:9:y:2015:i:4:p:89-102

Access Statistics for this article

The International Journal of Business and Finance Research is currently edited by Terrance Jalbert

More articles in The International Journal of Business and Finance Research from The Institute for Business and Finance Research
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Mercedes Jalbert ( this e-mail address is bad, please contact ).