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1、RegionalGrowthandMaturityintheUnitedStatesAStudyofRegionalStructuralChangeG.H.BortsandJ.L.Stein,BrownUniversity,Providence,R.I.I.Introduction1Xhisarticlesummarizesandinterpretsastudyofregionalgrowthandmatu•rityintheUnitedStateswhichtheauthorshaverecentlycompleted.Weshallpresent
2、theanalyticaltechniquesemployed,theexplanationswehavefoundtobefruitful,andourviewoftheprocessbywhichregionsgrowanddecline.Itisourbeliefthatthetechniquesandconclusionswillprovetobeusefulintheanalysisofgrowthdifferentialsamonganysetofregions,subnationalornationalunits,whicharecon
3、nectedtogetherbyUberaitradingarrangements.Itwouldbepresumptuousofustoattempttodevelopherethefullimplica•tionsofthisanalysisforrecentdevelopmentsinWesternEurope.Nevertheless,wehopetosuggestpossibleapplicationsinthehopethatthetechniquesmaybeimprovedandusedmorewidely.Weshalldefine
4、thetermeconomicgrowthtomeananincreaseinthetotalrealvalueofincomeinaregion.Wearealsoassumingtheexistenceoffullemployment.Thevalueofoutputwillincreaseasaresultofthreechanges5increasesinthesuppliesofcapitalandlabor,technologicalchange,andin-1Themethodsofanalysishavebeenusedbytheau
5、thorsinstudiesthathavealreadybeenpublished.Aselectedbibliographyisasfollows:1.GeorgeH.Borts,'ReturnsEqualizationandRegionalGrowth',AmericanEcono•micReview,50,(1960).2.-'TheEstimationofProducedIncomebyState&Region'presentedtotheConferenceonResearchinIncomeandWealth,April1961.3.J
6、eromeL.Stein,'ATheoryofInterstateDifferencesintheRatesofGrowthofManufacturingEmploymentinaFreeMarketArea',InternationalEconomicReview,I(1960).4.—'InterregionalComparisonsoftheMarginalProductofCapital',SouthernEconomicJournal,25(1958).5.—andM.B.Schupack,ForecastofNewEngland'sMac
7、hineryIndustryin1970(FederalReserveBank,Boston1959).6.G.H.Bortsand/.L.Stein,'InvestmentReturnasaMeasureofComparativeRegionalEconomicAdvantage',inW.Hochwald(ed.)DesignofRegionalAccounts(Baltimore:TheJohnsHopkin'sPress,forResourcesfortheFuture,1961),pp.69—103.Thepresentarticlesum
8、marizessomeofthe"positive"findingsinourforthcomingbook