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Rebuilding The Appalachian Economy From The Ground Up: Towards A Holistic Organizational Framework For Community And Economic Development In Rural Extractive Areas, Brandon M. Dennison
Rebuilding The Appalachian Economy From The Ground Up: Towards A Holistic Organizational Framework For Community And Economic Development In Rural Extractive Areas, Brandon M. Dennison
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports
Central Appalachia specifically and rural extractive areas more generally face some of the most challenging socio-economic realities in North America. Community-based organizations (CBOs) are an important tool for addressing these challenges. As governments intensify efforts to mitigate climate change, and as fossil-fuel industries contract, extracted communities are experiencing economic, cultural, and environmental upheaval. Many leaders call for a “just transition” away from fossil-fuels, which would make local extraction communities whole. However, achieving a truly just transition away from fossil fuels is extraordinarily challenging, and many extracted communities were never whole to begin with. I argue CBOs are the crucial vehicle …
Economic Structure In Appalachia’S Urban Regions: Clustering And Diversification Strategies, Randall W. Jackson, Peter Jarosi, Gi-Eu Lee, Sara Farhangdoost
Economic Structure In Appalachia’S Urban Regions: Clustering And Diversification Strategies, Randall W. Jackson, Peter Jarosi, Gi-Eu Lee, Sara Farhangdoost
Cluster Analyses
In support of economic development practitioners’ efforts to devise strategies that can align with both industrial clustering and industrial diversification, this report provides a wide range of relevant measures and metrics. In addition to standard regional analysis tools like coefficients of specialization, location quotients, and growth rates, we introduce two fundamentally new measures for understanding the nature of regional clusters. These measures focus on the industries that anchor the clusters and characterize their strength and regional dominance. The former measures the share of the anchor industry’s direct and indirect requirements that could be satisfied by regional industries, and the latter …
Economic Structure In Appalachia’S Urban Regions: Clustering And Diversification Strategies Supplement 3, Regions 61-90, Randall W. Jackson, Peter Jarosi, Gi-Eu Lee, Sara Farhangdoost
Economic Structure In Appalachia’S Urban Regions: Clustering And Diversification Strategies Supplement 3, Regions 61-90, Randall W. Jackson, Peter Jarosi, Gi-Eu Lee, Sara Farhangdoost
Cluster Analyses
In support of economic development practitioners’ efforts to devise strategies that can align with both industrial clustering and industrial diversification, this report provides a wide range of relevant measures and metrics. In addition to standard regional analysis tools like coefficients of specialization, location quotients, and growth rates, we introduce two fundamentally new measures for understanding the nature of regional clusters. These measures focus on the industries that anchor the clusters and characterize their strength and regional dominance. The former measures the share of the anchor industry’s direct and indirect requirements that could be satisfied by regional industries, and the latter …
Economic Structure In Appalachia’S Urban Regions: Clustering And Diversification Strategies Supplement 4, Regions 91-120, Randall W. Jackson, Peter Jarosi, Gi-Eu Lee, Sara Farhangdoost
Economic Structure In Appalachia’S Urban Regions: Clustering And Diversification Strategies Supplement 4, Regions 91-120, Randall W. Jackson, Peter Jarosi, Gi-Eu Lee, Sara Farhangdoost
Cluster Analyses
In support of economic development practitioners’ efforts to devise strategies that can align with both industrial clustering and industrial diversification, this report provides a wide range of relevant measures and metrics. In addition to standard regional analysis tools like coefficients of specialization, location quotients, and growth rates, we introduce two fundamentally new measures for understanding the nature of regional clusters. These measures focus on the industries that anchor the clusters and characterize their strength and regional dominance. The former measures the share of the anchor industry’s direct and indirect requirements that could be satisfied by regional industries, and the latter …
Economic Structure In Appalachia’S Urban Regions: Clustering And Diversification Strategies Supplement 1, Regions 1-30, Randall W. Jackson, Peter Jarosi, Gi-Eu Lee, Sara Farhangdoost
Economic Structure In Appalachia’S Urban Regions: Clustering And Diversification Strategies Supplement 1, Regions 1-30, Randall W. Jackson, Peter Jarosi, Gi-Eu Lee, Sara Farhangdoost
Cluster Analyses
In support of economic development practitioners’ efforts to devise strategies that can align with both industrial clustering and industrial diversification, this report provides a wide range of relevant measures and metrics. In addition to standard regional analysis tools like coefficients of specialization, location quotients, and growth rates, we introduce two fundamentally new measures for understanding the nature of regional clusters. These measures focus on the industries that anchor the clusters and characterize their strength and regional dominance. The former measures the share of the anchor industry’s direct and indirect requirements that could be satisfied by regional industries, and the latter …
Economic Structure In Appalachia’S Urban Regions: Clustering And Diversification Strategies Supplement 2, Regions 31-60, Randall W. Jackson, Peter Jarosi, Gi-Eu Lee, Sara Farhangdoost
Economic Structure In Appalachia’S Urban Regions: Clustering And Diversification Strategies Supplement 2, Regions 31-60, Randall W. Jackson, Peter Jarosi, Gi-Eu Lee, Sara Farhangdoost
Cluster Analyses
In support of economic development practitioners’ efforts to devise strategies that can align with both industrial clustering and industrial diversification, this report provides a wide range of relevant measures and metrics. In addition to standard regional analysis tools like coefficients of specialization, location quotients, and growth rates, we introduce two fundamentally new measures for understanding the nature of regional clusters. These measures focus on the industries that anchor the clusters and characterize their strength and regional dominance. The former measures the share of the anchor industry’s direct and indirect requirements that could be satisfied by regional industries, and the latter …
Identifying Industrial Clusters For Targeted Economic Development In West Virginia, Eric Bowen, John Deskins
Identifying Industrial Clusters For Targeted Economic Development In West Virginia, Eric Bowen, John Deskins
Bureau of Business & Economic Research
In this report, we identify the industry clusters that are present in West Virginia’s metropolitan regions and provide tools to assess the most promising clusters for economic development targeting. This type of cluster analysis has become an important way for regions to understand their local economic structure and more effectively develop strategies to promote economic growth.
Economic Impact Of Downstream Gas Development In West Virginia, Eric Bowen
Economic Impact Of Downstream Gas Development In West Virginia, Eric Bowen
Bureau of Business & Economic Research
Downstream gas development has the potential to provide significant economic value if West Virginia can capture this development within its borders. In this report, we explore the potential impact of downstream natural gas industries on the West Virginia economy. To estimate the economic impact of downstream natural gas development, we take a two-pronged approach. First, we identify those industries nationally that require large amounts of natural gas in their production process. We then choose three of these industries that have the greatest potential for development within West Virginia. Second, we estimate the economic impact of a typical establishment in each …
Microfinance In Latin America: Poverty Alleviation And The Impact Of Institutional Mimicry, Lindsay Jouben
Microfinance In Latin America: Poverty Alleviation And The Impact Of Institutional Mimicry, Lindsay Jouben
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports
Microfinance has become a program of choice in the international development community. The World Bank has promoted microfinance programs under the idea that poverty alleviation can be accomplished by mainly providing credit. [1] As such, these policies are often replicated throughout the developing world. This replication is done through international organizations adopting a standard of best practices for the microfinance field. Best practices consist of a complex set of standard by which all banks must adhere if they receive funding from the World Bank or International Monetary Fund. These best practices, following neoliberal economics, lay out how microfinance should operate …
The Economic Impact Of City-County Consolidations: A Synthetic Control Approach, Joshua Hall, Josh Matti, Yang Zhou
The Economic Impact Of City-County Consolidations: A Synthetic Control Approach, Joshua Hall, Josh Matti, Yang Zhou
Economics Faculty Working Papers Series
Although more rapid development is a primary motivation behind city-county consolidations, few empirical studies explore the impact of consolidation on economic development. No studies look at government consolidation in the United States using modern causal inference methods. We use the synthetic control method (SCM) to examine the long-term impact of city-county consolidations on per capita income, population, and employment. The results from the three cases explored indicate that consolidation does not guarantee development and actually can have negative effects. Additionally, consolidation can deepen the urban-rural divide by accelerating the decline of rural populations relative to those of urban areas. The …
Resource Inventory And Assessment: Vision Shared Focus Team On Technology-Based Economic Development, Randall Jackson, Walter R. Schwarm, Russ Lorince, The Focus Team
Resource Inventory And Assessment: Vision Shared Focus Team On Technology-Based Economic Development, Randall Jackson, Walter R. Schwarm, Russ Lorince, The Focus Team
Regional Research Institute Technical Documents
West Virginia's overall competitive position in the area of technology-based economic development is characterized as mixed. While the state does have significant technology assets including federal research laboratories, universities and selected firms, these assets fail to produce substantial spillover benefits to the local population and state as a whole. While West Virginia has a relatively strong technological base, a number of factors serve to inhibit economic growth and technology transference.
The Economic And Social Impacts Of Nimbys, Terance J. Rephann
The Economic And Social Impacts Of Nimbys, Terance J. Rephann
Regional Research Institute Working Papers
This paper examines some of the issues and controversies that arise when facilities with perceived noxious environmental, social, and economic effects (NIMBYs) locate in communites. Five specific categories of NIMBYs are examined, including: (1) interstate highways, (2) large dams, (3) medium and maximum security prisons, (4) commercial nuclear power plants, and (5) gambling casinos. The paper uses quasi-experimental control group methods to assess the economic impacts of these facilities on U.S. counties during the period 1972-94. The paper shows that few actual negative effects can be attributed to NIMBYs. However, only interstate highways result in broad based effects that measurably …