AN ANALYSIS OF REGIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE US MIDWEST

Daniel Monchuk (), John A. Miranowski, Dermot Hayes and Bruce Babcock

No 20369, 2004 Annual meeting, August 1-4, Denver, CO from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: In this paper we examine more closely some of the forces that underlie economic growth at the county level. In an effort to describe a much more comprehensive regional economic growth model, we address a variety of different growth hypotheses by introducing a large number of growth related variables. When formulating our hypotheses and specifying our growth model we make liberal use of GIS mapping software to "paint" a picture of where growth spots exist and why. Our empirical estimation indicates amenities, state and local tax burdens, population, amount of agricultural activity, and demographics have important economic growth impacts.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban; Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34
Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.20369

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