The influence of agglomeration economies on manufacturing employment growth differentials between metropolitan and non-metropolitan places was studied. A historic review suggested interregional labor and capital flows that were contrary to the expectations of the usual neoclassical theory. At different times in history capital and labor seemed to be moving in the same direction spatially, toward either metropolitan or non-metropolitan areas. / The neoclassical theory was extended to include the effects of agglomeration economies in manufacturing production and the real wage. These modifications allowed history to be interpreted in a theoretically consistent way. Also, the theoretical importance of consumption and production agglomeration economies in influencing spatial patterns of economic activity was revealed. The theoretical and historical evidence led to the hypothesis that agglomeration economies in manufacturing production were weakening in the 1950-1980 period. An empirical model was developed to test this hypothesis. / The empirical results from a random sample of counties over the study period supported the hypothesis that agglomeration economies weakened between the 1950s and the 1960s. However, the model failed to support this hypothesis between the 1960s and the 1970s. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 49-12, Section: A, page: 3801. / Major Professor: David Rasmussen. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1988.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_77885 |
| Contributors | Langston, Donald Atkins., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 185 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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