Working papers:
A search for multiple equilibria in urban industrial structure
Donald R. Davis; David E. Weinstein
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- Title:
- A search for multiple equilibria in urban industrial structure
- Author(s):
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Davis, Donald R.
Weinstein, David E. - Date:
- 2004
- Type:
- Working papers
- Department:
- Center on Japanese Economy and Business
- Permanent URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10022/AC:P:211
- Series:
- Center on Japanese Economy and Business Working Papers
- Part Number:
- 222
- Publisher:
- Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University
- Publisher Location:
- New York
- Abstract:
- Theories featuring multiple equilibria are now widespread across many fields of economics. Yet little empirical work has asked if such multiple equilibria are salient features of real economies. We examine this in the context of the Allied bombing of Japanese cities and industries in WWII. We develop a new empirical test for multiple equilibria and apply it to data for 114 Japanese cities in eight manufacturing industries. The data provide no support for the existence of multiple equilibria. In the aftermath even of immense shocks, a city typically recovers not only its population and its share of aggregate manufacturing, but even the specific industries it had before.
- Subject(s):
- Economics, Commerce-Business
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- 130