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The Economic Impact Of Cornerstone Alliance On Berrien County, George A. Erickcek

Reports

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Volatile Times And Volatile Prices, Matthew A. Diersen

Economics Commentator

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Volatile Times And Volatile Prices, Matthew A. Diersen

Economics Commentator

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Biotechnology -- An Application Of The 'Precautionary Principle', Thomas L. Dobbs

Economics Commentator

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Biotechnology -- An Application Of The 'Precautionary Principle', Thomas L. Dobbs

Economics Commentator

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The Benton Harbor Area Benchmarking Study, George A. Erickcek, Brad R. Watts

Reports

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Economic Impact Of Pharmacia On Kalamazoo County In 2000, George A. Erickcek, Brad R. Watts

Reports

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Biotechnology -- Some Implications Of Its Use In Agriculture, Evert Van Der Sluis

Economics Commentator

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Biotechnology -- Some Implications Of Its Use In Agriculture, Evert Van Der Sluis

Economics Commentator

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The State Of The Region: Hampton Roads 2001, James V. Koch, Vinod Agarwal, Rob Baade, John R. Broderick, Michael Clemons, Steve Daniel, Jeffrey Harlow, Wil King, Sharon Lomax, Deborah L. Miller, Jim Oliver, Ken Plum, Wayne Talley, Gilbert Yochum

Economics Faculty Books

This is Old Dominion University's second annual "State of the Region" Report. While it represents the work of many individuals connected in various ways to the university, the Report does not constitute an "official" viewpoint of the University, or it's president, Dr. Roseann Runte.

This year's Report was produced with the goal of making Hampton Roads an even better place to live. Those who know and love the region of Hampton Roads frequently boast of its numerous strengths and successes, but we do so with the understanding that it would be possible for us to improve the region's performance in …

St. Joseph County Benchmarking Study, George A. Erickcek, Brad R. Watts

Reports

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Black-White Segregation, Discrimination, And Home Ownership, Kelly Derango

Upjohn Institute Working Papers

The effect of discrimination on black-white racial segregation is studied using a confidential supplement of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID). Audit studies reveal that the rate of discrimination in rental housing is substantially higher than in owner-occupied housing. Thus, a variable indicating home ownership is used to proxy for the discrimination rate faced by blacks. The fixed-effects estimates of segregation imply that home ownership is associated with a decline in black-white segregation. This effect decreases slightly at higher income levels but increases substantially with the education of the head of household. Evidence is presented that the effect of …

South Dakota Agriculutral Land Values And Rental Practices: 2001, Burton Pflueger, Larry Janssen

Economics Commentator

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South Dakota Agriculutral Land Values And Rental Practices: 2001, Burton Pflueger, Larry Janssen

Economics Commentator

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Gasoline Consumption Attributable To Atvs In Maine, Jonathan Rubin, Charles Morrris

Economic Development

This study was conducted by the Margaret Chase Smith Center for Public Policy (MCSC) of the University of Maine at the request of the Maine Legislature’s Commission to Study Equity in the Distribution of Gas Tax Revenues Attributable to Snowmobiles, All-Terrain Vehicles and Watercraft. The Commission was created by the Legislature with a charge to collect and analyze information to determine an equitable distribution of gas tax revenues used in the enforcement and enhancement of programs supporting off-road vehicle use in Maine. The Commission concluded that snowmobiling, boating and ATV use has increased significantly over recent years and now constitutes …

Power Deregulation: Blessing Or Curse; South Dakota's Hog Market, Gary Taylor, Matthew A. Diersen

Economics Commentator

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Power Deregulation: Blessing Or Curse; South Dakota's Hog Market, Gary Taylor, Matthew A. Diersen

Economics Commentator

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Random Walks, Lemmings, And Behaviorism: Looking For A Market Lodestar, John Sondey

Economics Commentator

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Random Walks, Lemmings, And Behaviorism: Looking For A Market Lodestar, John Sondey

Economics Commentator

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"Smart" Economic Development, George A. Erickcek

Employment Research Newsletter

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Farm Household Income And Employment Trends, Matthew A. Diersen

Economics Commentator

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Farm Household Income And Employment Trends, Matthew A. Diersen

Economics Commentator

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South Dakota Agricultural Land Tenure And Ownership Trends, Larry Janssen

Economics Commentator

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South Dakota Agricultural Land Tenure And Ownership Trends, Larry Janssen

Economics Commentator

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Economic Impact Of Pharmacia On Kalamazoo County In 1999, George A. Erickcek

Reports

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Reading Changes In Family Support Through Regional Development In China, Ge Lin

Regional Research Institute Working Papers

This article examines the degree to which the traditional family support system would be reshaped by the modernization and industrialization from a geo-developmental perspective. In particular, we examine the impact of rapid social changes and economic developments on family support for older parents in contemporary urban China to assess trends that might lead to a different path from the western style of old-age support purported by modernization theory. Based on the 1992 Survey on China’s Support Systems for the Elderly, the study divides the sample from three levels of economic development, which in turn, are used as proxies for developmental …

Socioeconomic Trends In Mining Dependent Counties In Appalachia, Melissa Latimer, F. Carson Mencken

Regional Research Institute Working Papers

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Comparing Three Spatial Cluster Tests From Rare To Common Spatial Events, Ge Lin

Regional Research Institute Working Papers

In the past few years, several new tests for spatial clustering have been proposed. With ever increasing capability of GIS and wider availability of spatial statistic functions, spatial analysts are likely to face challenge of properly using these tests. Seemingly gaps also exist between the development of new tests and follow up evaluations against various assumptions. In this research note, I compare three cluster tests along a range of distribution from rare to common spatial events. The results not only revealed sensitive data feature that each test is designed to detect, but also clarified the interpretation based on the nature …

Seasonality, Nonstationarity And The Structural Forecasting Of The Index Of Industrial Production, Eugene Kouassi, Walter C. Labys, François B. Aka

Regional Research Institute Working Papers

In this paper we focus on two ‘STS’ models suitable for forecasting the index of industrial production. The first model requires that the index be transformed with a first and seasonal difference filters. The second model considers the index in its second difference filter, while seasonality is modeled with a constant and seasonal dummy variables. Tests designed to discriminate empirically between these two models are also conducted. Our results prefer the performance of the second model, particularly when the conventional ML estimation procedure is replaced by the ALS procedure. This process together with appropriate seasonal adjustment advances the possibility of …

Site Correspondence Effects In Benefit Transfers: A Meta-Analysis Transfer Function, Randall S. Rosenberger, Tim Phipps

Regional Research Institute Working Papers

Several factors can affect the validity and reliability of benefit transfers. This paper proposes the existence of meta-valuation function and uses meta-regression analysis to estimate this function. The meta-valuation function controls for systematic effects of differences in sample and site characteristics on the magnitude of error associated with an experimental benefit transfer. Validity measures are derived through various specifications of multi-site and single-site travel cost demand models for hiking on a variety of trails in Colorado. The results show that some characteristics account for a large portion of error in the benefit transfer application. When the meta-regression analysis function is …