Volatile States
Subtitle: Institutions, Policy, and the Performance of American State Economies
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: January 17, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780472113033
Subjects: Economic theory & philosophy; Macroeconomics; Taxation; Economics - Macroeconomics; Economic Theory; United States; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; States; Business/Economics; USA; Economics - Theory; Economic Conditions; Political Science / Economic Policy; U.S. states; Economic policy; Finance, Public
Description: "Why do American state economies grow at such vastly different rates and manifest such wide differences in living standards? Volatile States identifies the sources of rising living standards by examining the recent economic and fiscal history of the American states.

Delving deeply into the historical data to provide new insights about the factors that contribute to state economic success, the book departs from traditional analyses of economic performance with its emphasis on the role of volatility."--BOOK JACKET.