Is Attracting Retirees a Sustainable Rural Economic Development Policy?

Biswaranjan Das and Daniel V. Rainey

No 34818, 2007 Annual Meeting, February 4-7, 2007, Mobile, Alabama from Southern Agricultural Economics Association

Abstract: An economic impact analysis was conducted in two rural counties in Northwest Arkansas to observe effects of hypothetical retiree in-migration as a sustainable economic development policy. The analysis reveals economic benefits with varying impacts and additional socio-economic costs on both counties. The policy has the potential for sustaining in the long-term.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban; Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.34818

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