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Are there different convergence local behaviors hidden under the regional level? An analysis for the US States and counties with multilevel approach

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  • Alberto Díaz Dapena

    (REGIOlab - University of Oviedo, Oviedo)

  • Fernando Rubiera Morollón
  • Dusan Paredes Araya

    (IDEAR - UCN)

Abstract

The large literature about economic convergence explores widely different ways of measure convergence as well as sophisticates and improves the econometrical techniques. Contradictory the number of contributions that analyze how relevant is the data spatial desegregation is reduced. Our hypothesis is that the spatial unit of analysis definition could affect significantly the convergence conclusions. The results show high intra class correlation indexes that indicate that there exists a significant variance inside of the States. A general behavior of convergence is observed coherent with previous studies but we can indentify some States that present internal behaviors of divergence or significant changes in the speed of convergence.

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  • Alberto Díaz Dapena & Fernando Rubiera Morollón & Dusan Paredes Araya, 2014. "Are there different convergence local behaviors hidden under the regional level? An analysis for the US States and counties with multilevel approach," Documentos de Trabajo en Economia y Ciencia Regional 47, Universidad Catolica del Norte, Chile, Department of Economics, revised Jul 2017.
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    Keywords

    Convergence studies; regional and local growth; multilevel analysis and US.;
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    JEL classification:

    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
    • R15 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Econometric and Input-Output Models; Other Methods
    • O47 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence

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