A search for multiple equilibria in urban industrial structure
By: Donald R. Davis, David E. Weinstein.
Contributors: Weinstein, David E.; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series ;; working paper 10252; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) ;; working paper no. 10252.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Japan.; Bombing, Aerial -- Japan.
Description: "Theories featuring multiple equilibria are now widespread across many fields of economics.  Yet little empirical work has asked if such multiple equilibria are salient features of real economies.  We examine this in the context of the Allied bombing of Japanese cities and industries in WWII.  We develop a new empirical test for multiple equilibria and apply it to data for 114 Japanese cities in eight manufacturing industries.  The data provide no support for the existence of multiple equilibria.  In the aftermath even of immense shocks, a city typically recovers not only its population and its share of aggregate manufacturing, but even the specific industries it had before"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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