Edward Nissan

TL;DR: Using trade exposure and production exposure data for both exports and imports of the U.S. with Canada and Mexico as components of export and imports indexes, the authors in this paper found that the Great Lakes, Plains, Rocky Mountain, and New England regions are biased toward trade with Canada, while the Southwest region is biased towards trade with Mexico.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reported that a substantial reduction in inequality occurred between the early 1930s and mid-J970s, followed by a slight increase thereafter for both interstate and interregion.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used historic growth data for the periods 1969- 1978 and 1979-1988 and projections for the period 1988-2000 for income, employment, and population to address the issue of convergence or divergence.

TL;DR: In this paper, a composite productivity index using data for the three growth factors - capital, labor and technological change, in order to rank the states, and consequently the regions, is presented.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated an application of the theory of extremes to insurance practice, with the aim of providing a methodology to estimate annual insurance premiums required to cover losses resulting from natural events with low probability.