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Location Determinants of Manufacturing Industry in Rural Areas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Eldon D. Smith
Affiliation:
University of Kentucky
Brady J. Deaton
Affiliation:
University of Tennessee
David R. Kelch
Affiliation:
Economic Research Service, USDA

Extract

The spatial distribution of economic activity has been the subject of much theoretical study during the last 150 years. The two-state study which provides primary evidence for this article is, to the authors' knowledge, the first attempt to analyze statistically the determinants of industrial location in rural communities with an explicit objective of more enlightened public action at the local, state, and federal levels.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1978

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