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Comments On Papers By Michael Wasylenko And Ronald Fisher, Timothy J. Bartik

Conference Papers

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Livestock: U.S. Production & Prices, Gene Murra

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

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Developing Community Economic Outcome Measures, George A. Erickcek

Employment Research Newsletter

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South Dakota Nd United States Farming: Some General Comparisons, Department Of Economics

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

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A Model For Successful Reutilization Of A Military Installation: A Case Study Of Gentile Air Force Station, Maria L. Garcia

Theses and Dissertations

Previous research concerning base closure and reutilization focused on the roles of government agencies and the assistance they provided. This study looks at the community and the impact of installation closure. The process of planning for reuse of an installation is difficult and confusing. The guidance provided by the government has changed drastically since the first closures announced in the 1988 Base Realignment and Closure Committee recommendations. This study focuses on the strategy employed by Kettering, OH to successfully reuse Gentile AFS upon closure. As the final part in a longitudinal study, the research focus was lessons learned and implementation …

Crop Condition Index, Crop Progress Reports; Livestock Situation And Outlook, Alan May, Gene Murra

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

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Will The World Experience Hunger And Starvation?; Cattle Comments, Richard Shane, Gene Murra

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

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South Dakota Agricultural Land Values And Rental Practices: 1996, Burton Pflueger, Larry Janssen

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

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1996 Farm Bill: Sign Up; South Dakota's Pork Industry: A Few Comparisons, Donald L. Peterson, Gene E. Murra

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

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Agricultural Trade: Growth And Impact, Gene Murra, Richard Shane

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

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Are There Tradeoffs Between Farm Profitabilty And Environmental Quality In South Dakota's Big Sioux Aquifer Area?; Grain Market Volatility - Is $4.00 Cash Corn Possible In Eastern South Dakota?, Thomas L. Dobbs, John H. Bischoff, Burton W. Pflueger, Richard Shane

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

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Retained Ownership : Cattle, Dillon Feuz, Gene Murra

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

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Ua68/2 Intercambio Internacional, Vol. Xiv, No. 1, Wku Latin American Studies

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by WKU Latin American Studies program regarding science, politics and economic advances in Latin America as well as cooperative projects between WKU and universities across Latin America. The newsletter is written in both English and Spanish.

Cattle Trends: Review And Where We Are Going; Volatile Spring Market Expected, Gene Murra, Richard Shane

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

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Economic Analysis Of The Greater South Haven Area: Choices & Consequences, George A. Erickcek, Christine R. Fahndrich

Reports

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An Evaluation Of The Manufacturing Technology Partnership (Mtp) Program, Kevin Hollenbeck

Upjohn Institute Technical Reports

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Do Price Supports Decrease Variability In Farm Income?; Trend Yield Estimation: Its Impact On Production And Price Forecasts, Donald L. Peterson, Richard Shane

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

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Beef Cow-Calf Production Contrasts: Herds West And East Of The Missouri River; The Hog Industry: Situation & Outlook, Donald C. Taylor, Gene Murra

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

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Arkansas And The U.S. Economy In The Late 20th Century: Reinventing Ourselves Inside Out For A Better Tomorrow, Don P. Diffine Ph.D.

Belden Center Books

Arkansas is truly an ideal spot in our great land. Situated at the buckle of the Sunbelt, Arkansas is benefiting from the northeast-to-southwest shift of population in the United States. The migration from frostbelt to sunbelt, and the economic emergence of the southern tier of states, have thrust our Natural State into the middle of today's action. A full 50 percent of the U.S. population is within a 550-mile radius of Arkansas' borders. More than 1,000,000 people live within a one-hour's drive of our state Capital.

The entire mid-south has been an underdeveloped region in the past, but it is …

Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis Linking Spacestat And Arcview, Luc Anselin, Shuming Bao

Regional Research Institute Working Papers

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Estimating Interregional Price Indexes: Opportunities And Pitfalls, Laura A. Blanciforti

Regional Research Institute Working Papers

Many economists recognize the importance of accounting for retail price variation when comparing standards of living between geographic areas. Such indexes are used to allocate education funds, for calculating income transfers, and in relocation decisions. Currently, public policy shows a trend toward giving states more control over the distribution of federal monies through block grant programs. However, many states do not have a system for measuring price variations and use the US CPI or an index for a major city within their state to estimate cost of living variation within a state. They do not account for the tastes and …

Local Economic Developers’ Preferences For Industrial Recruitment: A Contingent Valuation Approach, Beth Loy, Scott Loveridge

Regional Research Institute Working Papers

Several arguments in the local economic development policy literature criticize practitioners for their continuing reliance on industrial recruitment, sometimes referred to as smokestack chasing. Why might practitioners rationally prefer this method over other available techniques? One theory is that practitioners face pressure to accomplish something within a short time frame, resulting in a high discount rate for economic development projects. A survey of local economic development practitioners using the contingent valuation technique supports the theory, finding that developers' discount rate is roughly 20%. The survey tests other theories as well.

Estimating Bank Lending Risk And Its Effect On Asset Allocation, David J. Sorenson

Regional Research Institute Working Papers

The amount of risk that banks assume in lending is a key consideration in the amount of lending that banks ultimately will do. The relationship between default risk and lending levels is addressed here by deriving risk measures based on local economic industry mixes and locational characteristics of bank groups and then testing the degree to which differences in risk in local lending markets affect the asset allocation decisions of banks. FDIC call report data for West Virginia banks are combined with quarterly sectoral failure rate data and earnings data by sectors for the analysis.

Industry Structure And Earnings Growth During National Business Cycles In Appalachia, F. Carson Mencken

Regional Research Institute Working Papers

Appalachia is a region that has undergone notable socio-economic change over the last twenty years. This change has produced communities of socio-economic “winners” and “losers.” In this paper, I attempt to understand why some communities 'won'and others 'lost'during this period using an analysis informed by two key sociological theories at the opposite end of the structure-agency continuum (new urban sociology, human ecology). The analysis combines shift-share analysis and the Land-Deane two-stage least squares technique for spatial effects to predict earnings change related to local industry mix and county effects for the following business cycles: 1980-82 recession, 1983-88 recovery, 1989-92 recession. …

External Ownership And Bank Lending Behavior: Empirical Evidence Using Control Group Methods, Andrew Isserman, Kimberly Dinjar Mencken

Regional Research Institute Working Papers

As banking systems have become more integrated on both the international and national scales, banks in peripheral regions have been purchased by larger banks headquartered outside those regions. These externally controlled banks allegedly siphon funds from the regions by taking deposits but curtailing their lending activity. Such a practice would retard regional economic development efforts by making it more difficult for local businesses and residents to obtain commercial and industrial loans.

Interactive Techniques And Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis, Luc Anselin

Regional Research Institute Working Papers

This chapter reviews the ideas behind interactive and exploratory spatial data analysis and their relation to GIS. Three important aspects are considered. First, an overview is presented of the principles behind interactive spatial data analysis, based on insights from the use of dynamic graphics in statistics and their extension to spatial data. This is followed by a review of spatialised exploratory data analysis (EDA) techniques, that is, ways in which a spatial representation can be given to standard EDA tools by associating them with particular locations or spatial subsets of the data. The third aspect covers the main ideas behind …

Is More Planning Better? An Exploration Of Planning Expenditure In Florida, Emily Talen

Regional Research Institute Working Papers

Recently, planning theorists have stressed the need to understand more fully the realities of planning, fueled by the fact that the planning community has little empirical knowledge about its effects. There currently exist very few studies which attempt to quantitatively assess the broader socioeconomic corollaries of planning activity. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate one approach to understanding these corollaries by attempting to link planning activity (the "input") with various community or countrywide characteristics (the "output"). The paper uses exploratory data analysis to investigate the relationship between planning expenditure, as a measure of planning activity, and a variety …

The Hog Industry: Can The Little Guy Compete?; Crop Market Alternatives, Gene E. Murra, Dick Shane

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

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Economic And Fiscal Impact Of A Proposed International Tradeport At The W.K. Kellogg Regional Airport, George A. Erickcek, W.E. Upjohn Institute For Employment Research

Reports

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Evaluation Of Irrigated And Non-Irrigated Corn Production In Brookings County; Hog Comments, Douglas R. Franklin, Eric S. Stebbins, Gene Murra

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

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