This paper examines the relationship between regional industrial structure and change in the manufacturing sector and 19 subsectors in the United States from 1987 to 1997. The relative associations of economic diversity, industrial specialization, and structure with economic performance are assessed using a non-causal regression . Multiple facets of industrial structure at the regional scale, including competitive , are considered together by exploiting confidential microdata to construct and evaluate metrics across broad geographic and industrial ranges. The findings suggest the of industrial competitive structure for understanding regional employment change, performance, and industrial development.
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