A Test of the Regional Growth-Instability Frontier Using State Data.

The application of the portfolio framework to the economy predicts the existence of a convex growth-instability frontier. Using two data sets on Gross State Product for the states of the United States, this hypothesis is tested. The tests confirm the existence of a convex frontier for economic growt...

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Published in:Land Economics Vol. 78; no. 3; pp. 442 - 463
Main Author: Chandra, Siddharth
Format: Article
Published: University of Wisconsin Press August 2002
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        Community development
        Mathematical models of economic development
        History of economic development
        Rural development
        Gross state product
        Mathematical models
        Stochastic frontier analysis
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          United States
          Community development
          Mathematical models of economic development
          History of economic development
          Rural development
          Gross state product
          Mathematical models
          Stochastic frontier analysis
      ab: The application of the portfolio framework to the economy predicts the existence of a convex growth-instability frontier. Using two data sets on Gross State Product for the states of the United States, this hypothesis is tested. The tests confirm the existence of a convex frontier for economic growth and instability. The shape of the frontier is estimated, and growth-adjusted measures of economic instability based on the frontier are computed. Over long periods of time, economic instability is negatively correlated with a range of measures of economic diversity, providing further support for the portfolio view of economic growth. (JEL R11) Reprinted by permission of the publisher.
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