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Title: Growth, Stability, and Resilience of U.S. Metropolitan Regions, 1990-2017

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2019

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Abstract: Various national and regional socioeconomic shocks such as recessions can affect the stability of regional economies. Still, regions react in diverse ways to the same forces; some recover slowly despite being less affected while others recover rapidly despite being heavily impacted. To examine the dynamics of regional economies, this study focuses on the extent to which a region can avoid faltering in a crisis (stability) and how quickly it can respond positively to the crisis (resilience), while sustaining a long-run pattern of expansion (growth). This study presents two new measures of recessionary periods of 382 U.S. metropolitan areas for stability and resilience, in addition to the use of the overall growth rate, using monthly data from January 1990 through March 2017. This study categorizes metropolitan areas into eight categories by using nationwide or median figures. Results demonstrate that a good deal of variation exists among . . .

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Authors: Kwon, JinWoo

Institution: The State University of New Jersey

Department: Planning and Public Policy

Advisor: Michael L. Lahr

Degree: PhD

Publisher Location: New Brunswick, New Jersey

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