Regional Convergence in Canada and the United States: Does the Border Matter?

Serge Coulombe and Kathleen Day ()

Working Papers from University of Ottawa, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper compares the evolution of regional disparities in per capita incomes in Canade and the 12 American states along Canada's southern border. The phenomenon of capital accumulation as described by the neoclassical growth model can explain much of the observe decline in regional dispersion in Canada relative to the northern states.

Keywords: MIGRATION; ECONOMIC GROWTH (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R11 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28 pages
Date: 1997
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