A Review and Comparison of Shift-Share Identities

Scott Loveridge and Anne C. Selting
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Scott Loveridge: Community and Economic Development, Extension Service, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26505-6031 USA, lovridg@wvnvms.wvnet.edu
Anne C. Selting: National Economic Research Associates, 444 Market Street, Suite 910, San Francisco, CA 94111 USA, AnneSelting@gnera.com

International Regional Science Review, 1998, vol. 21, issue 1, 37-58

Abstract: Shift-share analysis is a means of decomposing change. Several alternative shift-share formulations appear in the literature. This research compares seven shift-share models through intra-model component correlations. The widely cited Esteban-Marquillas model performs less well under this test than do the classic model and two of its other derivatives. The Esteban-Marquillas model has other previously undetected weaknesses: 1) some components should logically sum to zero when all sectors and regions are added together, but do not; and 2) some components produce unrealistically high values for small volatile sectors.

Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.1177/016001769802100102

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