Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy

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Volume 39, issue 2, 2009

On the Dynamics of Energy Consumption and Employment in Illinois pp. 5

James Payne

Neighborhood Historic Preservation Status and Housing Values in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma pp. 10

Dan Rickman

The Economics of Ghost Towns pp. 10

Philip Graves, Stephan Weiler and Emily Elizabeth Tynon

Wages, Rent, Unemployment and Amenities pp. 14

Steven Deller

Towards a Rural Development Policy: Lessons from the United States and Canada pp. 17

Mark Partridge, M. Rose Olfert and Kamar Ali

The Regional Impact of Discriminatory Trade Liberalization on Colombian Agriculture pp. 19

Ricardo Arguello

Volume 39, issue 01, 2009

Overview: The Regional Economics of Child Care pp. 3

Mildred E. Warner

Determinants of State Labor Productivity: The Changing Role of Density pp. 10

Christopher S. Decker, Eric C. Thompson and Mark Wohar

Community Scale and Resident Attitudes towards Tourism pp. 12

Jon Devine, Todd Gabe and Kathleen Bell

The Regional Economic Value of Nonmarket Household Production Time: Combining an I-O Framework with Time Use Date pp. 13

James E. Pratt

Spatial Variability of Economic Impacts: Examining a Hypothetical Retiree In-migration Policy pp. 14

Biswa R. Das, Daniel V. Rainey and Wayne P. Miller

Regional Variation in Child Care Prices: A Cross-State Analysis pp. 15

Elizabeth Davis and NaiChia Li

Understanding Geographic Differences in Child Care Multipliers: Unpacking IMPLAN's Modeling Methodology pp. 15

Zhilin Liu and Mildred E. Warner

A Spatial Analysis of the Former Childcare Sector in Kansas pp. 16

Eun-Young Choi, Thomas G. Johnson, Amy Lake and Dennis P. Robinson

Volume 38, issue 3, 2008

Book Review pp. 2

Joshua Hall

An Empirical Analysis of Determinants of Interstate Living-Cost Differentials, 2005 pp. 7

Richard Cebula and Michael Toma

Effects of state minimum wage increases on employment, hours, and earnings of low-wage workers in Illinois pp. 11

Sharon H. Mastracci and Joseph Persky

Economic or Amenity Driven Migration? A Cluster-Based Analysis of County Migration in the Four Corners States pp. 12

Ronald J. Gunderson, James V. Pinto and Robert H. Williams

What Factors Influence a Welfare Recipient’s Spell Length and Recidivism? pp. 14

Daniel L. Friesner, Dan Axelsen and Daniel A. Underwood

The Existence of Positive Psychological Environments and Their Impact on Regional Entrepreneurship pp. 14

Ryan Sutter

“Small” Broadband Providers and Federal Assistance Programs: Solving the Digital Divide? pp. 15

Brian Whitacre and Phumsith Mahasuweerachai

The Composition of Industry and the Duration of State Recessions pp. 16

Angela Kuhlmann, Christopher S. Decker and Mark Wohar

Volume 38, issue 2, 2008

On the Knowledge Economy pp. 4

Knut Ingar Westeren

How to Define and Measure Knowledge for the Analysis of Competitiveness pp. 7

Knut Ingar Westeren

Management and Learning in the Knowledge Society pp. 8

Hans Siggaard Jensen

The Evolution of the Knowledge Economy pp. 13

Hanas A. Cader

Sunbelt Growth and the Knowledge Economy: An Exploratory Approach pp. 13

Dennis Hoffman and Timothy D. Hogan

Community Knowledge - A Catalyst for Innovation pp. 14

Kjell-Age Gotvassli

Firm Growth and Localized Knowledge Externalities pp. 17

Otto Raspe and Frank Oort

From the Ivory Tower to the Marketplace: Knowledge Organisations in the Development of Biotechnology Clusters pp. 17

Michaela Trippl and Franz Tödtling

Regional Economic Development Indicators for a Knowledge-Based Economy with Knowledge Deprivation pp. 17

Meir Russ and Jeanette K. Jones

Volume 38, issue 01, 2008

Home Rule and the Size of County Government in Pennsylvania pp. 8

David A. Latzko

Mortgage Lending Disparities in Metropolitan Buffalo: Implications for Community Reinvestment Policy pp. 9

Robert Mark Silverman

An Unobserved Components Forecasting Model of Non-Farm Employment for the Nashville MSA pp. 10

Joachim Zietz and David Penn

Do New Lottery Games Stimulate Retail Activity? Evidence from West Virginia Counties pp. 11

Mark Skidmore and Mehmet Tosun

A Demographically Augmented Shift-Share Employment Analysis: An Application to Canadian Employment Patterns pp. 11

James Brox and Emanuel Carvalho

Youth Out-Migration from Pennsylvania: The Roles of Government Fragmentation vs. the Beaten Path Effect pp. 12

Georg Grassmueck, Stephan Goetz and Martin Shields

Urban Location and Housing Prices within a Hedonic Model pp. 17

John R. Ottensmann, Seth Payton and Joyce Man

Geography of Employment and Establishment Dynamics in Information Technology and E-Commerce Industries pp. 18

Hanas A. Cader and John C. Leatherman

Volume 37, issue 3, 2007

Tourism in the Coastal Zone: Perspectives from Hainan, P.R. China pp. 6

Geoffrey Wall

Implications of Human Capital Public Investments for Regional Unemployment in Indiana pp. 8

Adela P. Nistor

Assessing Indirect Spatial Effects of Mountain Tourism Development: an Application of Agent-based Spatial Modeling pp. 9

Li Yin

The Regional Science of Tourism: An Overview pp. 10

Sam Cole

Impacts of Organic Food Agritourism on a Small Rural Economy: A Social Accounting Matrix Approach pp. 10

Yuri Mansury and Tadayuki Hara

People Rush in, Empty Their Pockets, and Scuttle Out: Economic Impacts of Gambling on the Waterways pp. 10

Daniel C. Monchuk

The Impact of Tourism for a Small City: A CGE Approach pp. 10

Perry Burnett, Harvey Cutler and Ray Thresher

Beyond the Resort Life Cycle: The Micro-Dynamics of Destination Tourism pp. 13

Sam Cole

From Culture Areas to Ethnoscapes: An Application to Tourism Development pp. 14

Victoria Razak

Forecasting Regional Investment in the Hotel Industry: An Input-Output Approach pp. 14

Daniel Freeman and Daniel Felsenstein

Volume 37, issue 2, 2007

A Quasi-Experimental Test of Large Retail Store Impacts on Regional Labor Markets: The Case of Cabela's Retail Outlets pp. 7

Michael Hicks

Determining Economic Contributions and Impacts: What is the difference and why do we care? pp. 7

Philip Watson, Joshua Wilson, Dawn Thilmany and Susan Winter

Measuring the Impact of Tourism on Rural Development: An Econometric Approach pp. 8

Eric C. Thompson

Convergence of Relative State-level Per Capita Incomes in the United States Revisited pp. 10

Panos Fousekis

Economic Impact of Hospital Closure on Rural Communities in Three Southern States: A Quasi-Experimental Approach pp. 10

Lucia Y. Ona, Agus Hudoyo and David Freshwater

State Targeting of Business Investment: Does Targeting Increase Corporate Tax Revenue? pp. 13

Peter Calcagno and Frank L. Hefner

Community Decision Support and the Role of the Public in Regional Policy Analysis pp. 13

James K. Scott and James Matthew Fannin

Understanding the Local Unrecorded Economy: Informal Work and Home Production in Non-Metropolitan Wisconsin pp. 17

John Larrivee and Ron E. Shaffer

Assessing Economic Base Relationships in South Dakota pp. 18

David J. Sorenson

Volume 37, issue 01, 2007

Roles for State Government in International Trade pp. 2

Alex Winter-Nelson

Keeping Options Open pp. 3

Roger Bolton

An Arts-Based State Rural Development Policy pp. 3

Ann Markusen

Examples and Principles of State-Level Rural Environmental Initiatives pp. 3

Amy Ando

Comprehensive Planning for Sustainable Rural Development pp. 3

Gerrit-Jan Knaap and Arnab Chakraborty

Cultural and Recreational Industries in Rural America: Opportunities for State Legislators pp. 3

William B. Beyers

Mitigating Impacts of Big Box Retail on Local Communities pp. 3

Elena Irwin and Jill Clark

Rural Telecommunications Subsidies Do Not Help pp. 3

Michael Ward

Linking Research and Rural Development Policy: An Introduction to the Special Issue pp. 3

Edward Feser

“Boosting” Tourism as Rural Public Policy: Panacea or Pandora’s Box? pp. 4

David Marcouiller

Building Community Visions of Assets, Competitiveness, & Partnerships: A State’s Role in Rural Economic Development pp. 4

Stephan Weiler

A Brief on When and How Rural Economic Development Should be Done pp. 4

Dan Rickman

Building a 21st Century Rural Workforce pp. 4

Martin Shields and Anastasia Snyder

Rural Economic Development Prospects in a High Energy Cost Environment pp. 4

Mark Partridge

State-level Rural Health Policy pp. 4

Paul McNamara

Impacts of Tax & Expenditure Limits on Local Governments: Lessons from Colorado and Missouri pp. 4

Judith I. Stallmann

Encouraging Broadband Deployment from the Bottom Up pp. 4

Edward Feser

Increasing the Equity and Efficiency of Tax Abatement Programs pp. 5

Scott Loveridge and Denys Nizalov

The Economic Case for State Land Use Decision-Making pp. 5

Stephan Goetz

Rural Poverty: Why Should States Care and What Can State Policy Do? pp. 5

Bruce A. Weber

Getting State Rural Policy Right: Definitions, Growth, and Program Eligibility pp. 7

Andrew M. Isserman