Publication Date
Spring 2014
Degree Level
B.A.
Program
Honors
First Advisor
Robbins, Roy
Second Advisor
Cardenas, Richard
Document Type
Thesis
Medium
Manuscript
Abstract
Using multiple time series based on data gathered from reliable government agencies I will compare the effects of national inflation, fluctuations in national GDP, and fluctuations in national employment on the personal income of multiple Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA), with the effects that local (MSA) inflation, fluctuations in local GDP, and fluctuations in local employment in multiple MSAs have on real national GDP. This analysis will be limited to four metropolitan areas, San Antonio, Texas, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, San Diego, California, and Cincinnati-Hamilton, Ohio. These metropolitan areas are each in a different region located within the United States. This was done to represent the diversity of the regional economies within the United States. The model will cover a time period from 2OO1-2O12. The purpose of the study is to determine whether the state of the national economy has a more significant effect on the state of regional economies in the current age of globalization or whether it is the regional economies that have a more significant effect on the national economies. My main findings were inconclusive as covariance in the models distorted the relationships between variables.
Recommended Citation
Bou Onk, Tanios, "A Study of Regional Economies in the United States" (2014). Honors Program Theses and Research Projects. 68.
https://commons.stmarytx.edu/honorstheses/68
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