Testing for Causality in Regional Econometric Models

R. Jeffery Green and Gary R. Albrecht
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R. Jeffery Green: Wharton EFA, Inc. 3624 Science Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 USA
Gary R. Albrecht: Indiana University Department of Economics Ballantine Hall Bloomington, Indiana 47401 USA

International Regional Science Review, 1979, vol. 4, issue 2, 155-164

Abstract: One of the most common features of regional econometric models is the specification of national variables as exogenous to the regional model. Often these variables appear as distributed lags in the structural equations. Concepts and tests for statistical causality can be used to determine whether this procedure is appropriate in a particular case. This paper discusses these tests and illustrates them with an example from a model being developed of the state of Indiana. It is our view that such tests can be a useful step in the specification of a regional econometric model.

Date: 1979
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DOI: 10.1177/016001767900400204

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