Understanding the Interaction Between Cotton Ginning and Rural Economics in the Mid-South Under A Changing Cotton Environment

J. Matthew Fannin, Kenneth W. Paxton and Thomas Valco

No 46823, 2009 Annual Meeting, January 31-February 3, 2009, Atlanta, Georgia from Southern Agricultural Economics Association

Abstract: This study estimates economic impact of ginning on Mid-South states applying input-output analysis to gin cost data. Results indicated that cotton ginning activity in the Mid-South generated over $258 million in direct output effects during 2007 and $438 million in total effects with a multiplier of 2.39.

Keywords: cotton; cotton ginning; economic impact; multiplier; Mid-South; input-output; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; R15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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