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Do We Know Economic Development When We See It?

Economic and Business Review

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Title Do We Know Economic Development When We See It?
 
Creator Partridge, Mark D.
Rickman, Dan S.
 
Description Considerable ambiguity exists regarding the assessment of regional economic development. Alternative measures often produce conflicting conclusions. Even if economic development progress is defined as improvement in economic welfare, it is not directly measurable. Therefore, this paper develops a theoretical framework that explores the potential linkages between regional utility and commonly used economic measures. State trends in these measures are then examined for the 1990s and related to the theoretical framework. The exercise reveals that no single measure should be preferred in assessing economic development, although it is possible to separate strong performers from weak performers.
 
Publisher Southern Regional Science Association
 
Date 2003-07-01
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://journal.srsa.org/ojs/index.php/RRS/article/view/56
 
Source The Review of Regional Studies; Vol 33 No 1: Special Issue: Regional Growth and Change; 17-39
0048-749X
1553-0892
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://journal.srsa.org/ojs/index.php/RRS/article/view/56/8