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Dissertation / Thesis text Hewings, Geoffrey J.D. Yu, Chenxi 2012-02-06T20:13:39Z 2012-02-06T20:13:39Z 2011-12 2012-02-06T20:13:39Z 2011-12 This research investigated regional growth patterns under different economic environments. Based on the varying innovation capacities that occur at different stages of the business cycle, I hypothesize that in the more advanced stages of regional development, regional income inequality increases during a normal growth period and decreases during a recession-recovery period. I tested this hypothesis with U.S. per capita income data from 1973 to 2007. This study found evidence supporting the hypothesis: under normal growth periods, regional convergence rate is lower; while during recession-recovery periods, regional convergence rate is higher. This study also found that the overall trend of the convergence rate was decreasing. Item withdrawn by Mark Zulauf (zulauf@illinois.edu) on 2011-12-02T20:04:36Z Item was in collections: University of Illinois Theses & Dissertations (ID: 1) No. of bitstreams: 1 Yu_Chenxi.pdf: 5118040 bytes, checksum: e5478d5db22e1879daef84d92ec75aa1 (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2012-02-06T20:13:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Yu_Chenxi.pdf: 5119692 bytes, checksum: 359afe367c8234cc4544e3a0569ec9e4 (MD5) license.txt: 4055 bytes, checksum: 19eb5a1ddc73fd1dc7ebd5e860193166 (MD5) http://hdl.handle.net/2142/29734 en Copyright 2011 Yu Chenxi convergence divergence normal growth period recession-recovery period business /innovation cycle spatial spillover Does the business cycle matter for convergence testing? Evidence from U.S. commuting zone level data, 1973-2007 Urban & Regional Planning 1733 Regional Planning 0274 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Thesis M.U.P. PHD:Regional Planning -UIUC 10KS0274PHD