"Ties that Bind" Reexamined

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Correlations between indicators of economic success of central cities and their suburbs have been used as evidence that the suburbs depend on central cities for economic development. This article revisits the suburban dependency thesis by considering the supposition that state-level variables contribute to the success of both central city and suburbs. Thus the correlations between central cities and suburban indicators of development may be due to the fact that both are influenced by state-level activities rather than suburban central-city dependence. In addition this article examines different linkages between the central city and its inner and outer suburbs. Our findings suggest that the extent of suburban dependence is less than previously thought.

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