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ABSTRACTThe construction of a composite index is described to rank U.S. metropolitan areas for educational attainment. The suggested methodology departs from traditional rank sum methods in that this approach utilizes data resulting in a continuous scale, whereas in the rank sum method, no use is made of the actual values of the data, but merely their rankings. The proposed index circumvents several practical problems because the numbers generated are metric measures allowing the use of arithmetic and statistical operations. Data used are pupil/teacher ratio, an effort index, and academic options in higher education. Comparisons are made across areas by population size and by geographic region.

ISSN:0017-4815    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2257.1994.tb00152.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACTOver the past fifteen years, legislative, regulatory, and technological changes have occurred which have redefined the concept of a “local” bank deposit market. This study employs an interest rate covariability model to evaluate the geographic extent of bank retail CD markets. Classifying deposits according to both size and maturity, a total of four markets are analyzed using yield data for six major state banking areas. The evidence presented for all four cases supports the view that significant, though not perfect, integration exists. The principal finding is that the geographic scope of retail CD markets is inversely related to both size and matur

ISSN:0017-4815    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2257.1994.tb00153.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACTUsing data from the National Conference of State Legislatures, this paper examines the state budget stabilization funds of Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Unlike previous research, this paper examines the movement of the fund balances over time (between 1983 and 1991), to see how the fund balances move in relation to a number of indicators of state fiscal health. The results of this research show that the use of these funds varies significantly among the states as does the level of funding and therefore the ability of the funds to serve as an effective tool for counter‐cyclical state fiscal polic

ISSN:0017-4815    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2257.1994.tb00154.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACTThe success of economic development initiatives in achieving a significant and sustained improvement for a target area is strongly influenced by the size of the local multiplier. New economic activity is generally site specific and the proportion of spending and re‐spending that generates local multiplier effect will vary with the hierarchical level of community in which the activity is located. Leakages in the form of outshopping by community residents and expenditures in the community that constitute payments to agents outside the home community are estimated for communities in six functional levels that, combined, represent the complete trade center hierarchy in Saskatchewan. The resulting multipliers are found to vary with functional level, with the smallest communities having the smallest multipliers. When rural areas are being targeted for economic development, more rural economic activity can be generated by focusing on relatively large rural communitie

ISSN:0017-4815    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2257.1994.tb00155.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACTHong Kong, Singapore, Korea, and Taiwan (the Asian newly industrialized economies [NIEs]) were the economic success stories of the 1970s and 1980s. While there are a number of competing explanations for their rapid growth, some focusing upon the process of export‐led development, the Asian NIEs face a more hostile global competitive environment than heretofore acknowledged. Their competitiveness in labor‐intensive and traded‐goods manufactured industries has been undermined by new competitors including the ASEAN countries of Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines, as well as China. With new competitors, the rise of trading blocs, and the shrinkage of export surpluses (over imports) it is doubtful if the NIEs will be able to sustain past rates of growth over the coming years. The capacity to adjust efficiently to changing circumstances has become a vital determinate of long‐term growth of the NIEs. Whatever the virtues of past state‐based industrial policies, restructuring is now a very important part of the life of firms in the NIEs’labor‐intensive industries. Moreover, the significance of these industries in each of the NIEs has been undercut by the growing importance of the global finance industry and its attendant poli

ISSN:0017-4815    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2257.1994.tb00156.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

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Book reviewed in this article:Agriculture, Environment,andHealth: SustainableDevelopment in the21stCentury. Vernon W. Ruttan, Editor.ManagingWater as anEconomicResource. James Winpenny.Trials ofTransition: EconomicReform in theFormerCommunistBloc. Michael Keren and Gur Ofer, Editors.TowerBlock: ModernPublicHouslng inEngland, Scotland, Wales andNorthernIreland. Miles Glendinning and Stefan Muthesius.Capital andCommunities inBlack andWhite: TheIntersections ofRace, Class,andUnevenDevelopment. Gregory S.Restructuring forInnovation: TheRemaking of theU.S. SemiconductorIndustry. David P. Angel.Technopolis: High‐TechnologyIndustry andRegionalDevelopment inSouthernCalifornia. Allen J. Scot

ISSN:0017-4815    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2257.1994.tb00157.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY