In recent years there has been a significant amount of research on the issue of income convergence between nations. There have also been several studies examining income convergence among the United States. This paper examines convergence in public capital investment among the fifty United States from 1977–1996. We find significant evidence that public capital investment has converged over this time period in terms of both absolute and conditional convergence.
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