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Record Nr.

UNINA9910972308303321

Autore

Romero-Barrutieta Alma

Titolo

Institutions versus Geography : : Subnational Evidence from the United States / / Alma Romero-Barrutieta, Eric Clifton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006

ISBN

9786613831484

9781462391172

1462391176

9781452756196

1452756198

9781283519038

1283519038

9781451986136

1451986130

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (26 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

CliftonEric

Soggetti

Economic development

Economic geography

Econometric Modeling: General

Econometric models

Econometrics & economic statistics

Econometrics

Estimation techniques

Estimation

Income

Institutional arrangements for revenue administration

Macroeconomics

Personal income

Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions

Poverty & precarity

Poverty and Homelessness

Poverty

Public finance & taxation

Public Finance

Revenue

Spatial models

Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General

Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: General



United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"July 2006".

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. INSTITUTIONS AND GEOGRAPHY""; ""III. DATA""; ""IV. EVIDENCE""; ""V. CONCLUSIONS""; ""References""

Sommario/riassunto

Empirical studies of the impact of geography and institutions on growth and development at the international level have become common place, but the high degree of abstraction at that level has led to calls for subnational studies. This paper examines these issues for a region of the United States, Appalachia, where the specific factors at play are identified and measured thus obviating the need for instrumental variable techniques. The evidence suggests that initial conditions, including both geography and institutions, are very important for economic development, having significant effects lasting hundreds of years.