The evaluation of Norwegian regional policy: parameter variation in regional shift models

Starting from a conventional shift-share analysis of Norwegian industrial employment series for 1951 - 1982, the author attempts to establish the existence of a breakpoint in the shift series for counties subject to regional policy measures, by using recursive regression methods. Such a change havin...

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Published inEnvironment and planning. C, Government & policy Vol. 4; no. 1; pp. 71 - 90
Main Author Bivand, R S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Pion Ltd, London 01.01.1986
SeriesEnvironment and Planning C: Government and Policy
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ISSN0263-774X
DOI10.1068/c040071

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Summary:Starting from a conventional shift-share analysis of Norwegian industrial employment series for 1951 - 1982, the author attempts to establish the existence of a breakpoint in the shift series for counties subject to regional policy measures, by using recursive regression methods. Such a change having been found in the plots of trend and quadratic trend parameters, the counterfactual method is used to estimate the effects of regional policy, 1970 - 1982, for four counties.
ISSN:0263-774X
DOI:10.1068/c040071