Investigating Convergence of the U.S. Regions: A Time Series Analysis

Richard Kane
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Abstract: Most economists conclude that the U.S. regions have converged in per capita earnings during a majority of the 20th century, though controversy abounds over the methods employed to test for such convergence. Using time-series techniques, this paper finds evidence that the U.S. regions have conditionally converged in per capita earnings. The findings in this paper differ from cross-sectional studies, which implicitly assume that all regions converge toward the same steady-state and the same rate. The findings in this paper differ from other time-series studies with its use of recursive parameter estimates.

JEL-codes: E60 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001-06
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