REGIONAL CAPITAL FORMATION IN U. S. MANUFACTURING DURING THE 1970s |
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| Authors: | Gasper A. Garofalo Devinder M. Malhotra |
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| Affiliation: | Associate Professors of Economics, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio. |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACT The study quantifies the impact of changes in input prices on regional net investment in manufacturing. A neoclassical investment model is estimated for the nation and three regions: North, South, and West. The data base is pooled state observations for the period 1974-78. The regional elasticities of net investment with respect to both input prices and the technology index are computed. The results indicate that net investment is mare sensitive to changes in input prices in the South and West than in the North. The biased technical change affects capital formation the mast in the West. |
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