Is Growth In Outstate Missouri Tied To Growth In The Saint Louis And Kansas City Metro Areas?

Authors

Howard J. Wall, Lindenwood UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Center for Economics and the Environment: Policy Series

Abstract

Because the Saint Louis and Kansas City metro areas together account for well over half of Missouri’s economy, the overall performance of the state is largely determined by the two metro areas. In this study, I see whether the metro areaas are important to the state beyond their relative sizes. That is, I test whether employment growth in the rest of Missouri tends to follow (or be caused by) employment growth in the metro areas.

Publication Date

2017

Comments

Howard Wall is professor of economics; director of the Hammond Institute for Free Enterprise; and senior research fellow in the Center for Economics and the Environment at Lindenwood University.

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Recommended Citation

Wall, Howard J., "Is Growth In Outstate Missouri Tied To Growth In The Saint Louis And Kansas City Metro Areas?" (2017). Center for Applied Economics. 11.
https://digitalcommons.lindenwood.edu/cee/11