DISCUSSANT'S COMMENTS FOR AMERICAN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING, SELECTED PAPERS SESSION SP-7AA: "LOCATION DECISIONS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH"

Maureen Kilkenny

No 20923, 1998 Annual meeting, August 2-5, Salt Lake City, UT from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: Rural decision makers use taxes and other resources to encourage growth. The session begins with an evaluation of rural employment patterns, then evaluates three economic development policy levers. Moderator: Daniel Rainey, Clemson University. Rural Employment Growth in the "New Economy:" A Test of the Spatial Division of Labor Hypothesis Timothy Wojan, University of Kentucky. Relationship of Non-Basic Sector Employment Growth and the Gaming Sector Thomas Harris and Rangesan Narayanan, University of Reno-Nevada. Location Decisions of Energy-Intensive Manufacturing Firms: Estimating the Potential Impact of Electric Utilities Deregulation Stephan Goetz, University of Kentucky. A Self-Selection Model for Local and Regional Economic Development Programs Todd Gabe and David Kraybill, The Ohio State University.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 6
Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.20923

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