Geographical Analysis of US Green Sector Industry Concentration

D. Lane Register, Dayton Lambert, Burton English, Kimberly Jensen, Robert Menard and Michael D. Wilcox

No 119742, 2012 Annual Meeting, February 4-7, 2012, Birmingham, Alabama from Southern Agricultural Economics Association

Abstract: This paper analyzes the geographic distribution of “green energy” sector clustering in the lower 48 United States using recent developments in industry concentration analysis. Evidence suggests that the ten green energy subsectors and the aggregate of the firms comprising the green energy sector are regionally concentrated. Positive changes in industry concentration from 2002 to 2006 tended to be greatest in non-metropolitan counties, suggesting comparative advantage with respect to site location for the composite of firms making up these sectors.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Industrial Organization; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.119742

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