INTERNATIONAL-TRADE AND SHIFT-SHARE ANALYSIS - A SPECIFICATION NOTE

As part of the focus on estimating the links between regional economie s and the global economy through international trade, the authors have examined some of the recent strategies. These approaches and extensio ns of a prior model are of great value, and in this vein, we support t hese approaches. As a complement to the Noponen, Markusen, and Driesse n (1997) Economic Development Quarterly article, we have suggested som e essential but minor modifications.