Economic Analysis of Effects of Business Cycles on the Economy of Cities: Variations in Cyclical Employment

by Marie Howland

There are wide variations in the severity with which regions experience national recessions (Borts 1960], Browne 1978], Freidenberg and Bretzfelder 1980], Gellner 1974], Howland 1979,1981], SUQ and Rush (1975]). This paper presents and tests an econometric model to explain these cross-regional differences in cyclical behavior. The model, based on export base theory, is tested with state-level data from the five post-World War II recessions between...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 128892903X
• ISBN13: 9781288929030
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Bibliogov
• Length: 38 Pages
• Weight: 0.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 7.4" x 9.7"