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Interstate Differences in Relative Export Performance: A Test of Factor Endowments Theory
Author(s) -
Erickson Rodney A.,
Hayward David J.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
geographical analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.773
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1538-4632
pISSN - 0016-7363
DOI - 10.1111/j.1538-4632.1992.tb00263.x
Subject(s) - economics , capital (architecture) , human capital , economies of scale , production (economics) , product (mathematics) , capital intensity , inertia , econometrics , macroeconomics , microeconomics , market economy , mathematics , geography , physics , geometry , archaeology , classical mechanics
In a state‐level analysis, relative export efficiencies are regressed on the capital (labor) intensity of production across industries. Resulting parameters are regressed on human and physical capital endowments. Factor endowments are significant, but account for limited variation; global product demand, scale economies, and industrial inertia may also be important determinants.