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Swedish regional GDP 1855-2000 Estimations and general trends in the Swedish regional system

Enflo, Kerstin LU orcid ; Henning, Martin LU and Schön, Lennart (2014) In Research in Economic History 30. p.47-89
Abstract
This paper uses a method devised by Geary and Stark to estimate regional GDPs for 24 Swedish provinces 1855-2007. In empirical tests, we find that the Swedish estimations yield results of good precision, comparable to those reported in the international literature. From the literature, we generate six expectations concerning the development of regional GDPs in Sweden. Using the GDP estimations, we test these expectations empirically. We find that the historical regional GDPs show a high correlation over time, but that the early industrialization process co-evolved with a dramatic redistribution of productive capacity. We show that the regional inequalities in GDP per capita were at their lowest point in modern history in the early 1980s.... (More)
This paper uses a method devised by Geary and Stark to estimate regional GDPs for 24 Swedish provinces 1855-2007. In empirical tests, we find that the Swedish estimations yield results of good precision, comparable to those reported in the international literature. From the literature, we generate six expectations concerning the development of regional GDPs in Sweden. Using the GDP estimations, we test these expectations empirically. We find that the historical regional GDPs show a high correlation over time, but that the early industrialization process co-evolved with a dramatic redistribution of productive capacity. We show that the regional inequalities in GDP per capita were at their lowest point in modern history in the early 1980s. However, while efficiency in the regional system has never been as equal, absolute regional differences in scale of production has increased dramatically over our investigated period. This process has especially benefited the metropolitan provinces. We present detailed sources of our estimations and also sketch a research agenda from our results. (Less)
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regional GDPs, convergence, Geary-Stark method
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Research in Economic History
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Research in Economic History
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30
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47 - 89
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0363-3268
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10.1108/S0363-3268(2014)30
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Swedish Historical Regional Accounts 1571–2010
Swedish Regional Economic Growth in a European Perspective
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English
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  author       = {{Enflo, Kerstin and Henning, Martin and Schön, Lennart}},
  booktitle    = {{Research in Economic History}},
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  title        = {{Swedish regional GDP 1855-2000 Estimations and general trends in the Swedish regional system}},
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  doi          = {{10.1108/S0363-3268(2014)30}},
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