TY - JOUR
T1 - Robust correlates of county-level growth in the United States
AU - Higgins, Matthew J.
AU - Young, Andrew T.
AU - Levy, Daniel
PY - 2010/2
Y1 - 2010/2
N2 - Higgins et al. (2006), report several statistically significant partial correlates with US per capita income growth. However, Levine and Renelt (1992) demonstrate that such correlations are hardly ever robust to changing the combination of conditioning variables included. We ask, whether the same is true for the variables identified as important by Higgins et al. Using the extreme bounds analysis of Levine and Renelt, we find that the majority of the partial correlations can be accepted as robust. The variables associated with those partial correlations stand solidly as variables of interest for future studies of US growth.
AB - Higgins et al. (2006), report several statistically significant partial correlates with US per capita income growth. However, Levine and Renelt (1992) demonstrate that such correlations are hardly ever robust to changing the combination of conditioning variables included. We ask, whether the same is true for the variables identified as important by Higgins et al. Using the extreme bounds analysis of Levine and Renelt, we find that the majority of the partial correlations can be accepted as robust. The variables associated with those partial correlations stand solidly as variables of interest for future studies of US growth.
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U2 - 10.1080/13504850701720254
DO - 10.1080/13504850701720254
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AN - SCOPUS:70949102459
SN - 1350-4851
VL - 17
SP - 293
EP - 296
JO - Applied Economics Letters
JF - Applied Economics Letters
IS - 3
ER -