TY  - JOUR
AU  - Kim,Sukkoo
TI  - Regions, Resources, and Economic Geography: Sources of U.S. Regional Comparative Advantage, 1880-1987
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 6322
PY  - 1997
Y2  - December 1997
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w6322
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w6322.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Sukkoo Kim
Department of Economics
Washington University
One Brookings Drive
St. Louis, MO 63130-4899
Tel: 314/935-4961
Fax: 314/935-4156
E-Mail: soks@artsci.wustl.edu
AB  - This paper estimates the Rybczynski equation matrix for the twenty two-digit U.S." manufacturing industries for various years between 1880 and 1987.  As predicted by the standard" general equilibrium theory of interregional trade, the regression estimates show that a consistent" set of factor endowments explains a significant amount of the geographic distribution of" manufacturing activities over time.  Although these results do not rule out the importance of" increasing returns, they do suggest certain limits on how increasing returns affect U.S. economic" geography.
ER  -