A Note on Population Size, Industrial Diversification, and Regional Economic Instability

Bibliographic Data

ID10864754
AuthorsH L Brewer (Oklahoma State University, corresponding author), Ronald L Moomaw (Oklahoma State University)
Year1985
Volume22
Issue4
Pages349-354
Publication date1985-08-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueUrban Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0042-0980 • E-ISSN: 1360-063X
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1080/00420988520080581
OpenAlexW2152631603
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited6

This study investigates the relationships among city size, economic stability, and various measures of industrial diversification. It was prompted by the conflicting findings of previous researchers concerning the above relationships. It finds different relationships between city size and various diversification measures. Therefore, part of the past disagreement may be due to the use of different definitions of diversification. The study also shows that a portfolio measure of diversification is highly significant in explaining instability. Instability can also be partly explained by measures of the equality of employment distribution. Finally, holding diversification measures constant, instability decreases with larger city size

Business · Diversification (marketing strategy · Econometrics · Economic geography · Economic stability · Economics · Financial economics · Instability · Macroeconomics · Mechanics · Population · Portfolio · Sociology · Demography · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis · Regional resilience and development

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