What do tests of the gravity equation for trade between Canadian provinces and Amer- ican states indicate? (A) IndividualstateandindividualprovincialGDPsarenegativelyrelatedtotheamount of trade between individual states and provinces. (B) IndividualstateandindividualprovincialGDPsarepositivelyrelatedtotheamount of trade between individual states and provinces. (C) Individual state and individual lprovincial GDPs are not at all related to the amount of trade between individual states and provinces. (D) The gravity equation does not apply to U.S.-Canadian trade.
The answer is: (C) Individual state and individual provincial GDPs are not at all related to the amount of trade between individual states and provinces.
The GDP is a relative measure of the wealth of the individual
provinces. If provincial health expenditures are a function of the
need for health care, one might expect the residents of poorer
provinces to have poorer health status and require higher health
care expenditures than provinces where the population is relatively
more wealthy. On the other hand, if expenditures reflect the
ability to spend, as with housing prices, we might expect provinces
with greater wealth to have higher expenditures.
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