ISSN:0017-4815    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2257.1990.tb00529.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1990

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACTApproaches for analyzing employment stability with aggregated data for SICs in large regions or major metropolitan areas are misleading indicators of the impact of manufacturing growth in rural areas. Performance of moderate‐sized individual establishments seriously impact total employment variation in small‐employment‐sized rural communities, requiring analysis of the determinants of employment stability of these establishments. Aggregate SIC performance and most conventional criteria for judging probable stability appear to provide very limited predictability for individual firm performance. However, manufacturing development appears generally to have desirable effects on community‐wide employment st

ISSN:0017-4815    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2257.1990.tb00530.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1990

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACTNumerous studies have focused on national and regional manufacturing decline in the U.S., but far less attention has been placed on decline in substate areas. This oversight is troublesome because manufacturing decline in substate areas, particularly in the Midwest, has been severe and prolonged. This paper, therefore, examines the causes of manufacturing decline at the substate level. Specifically, I evaluate whether the impact of factors influencing decline varies according to the size and location of medium‐ and small‐sized cities in Illinois. Survey data and loglinear modeling methods are used for the empirical analysis. The results indicate that the impact of technology lags in substate areas varies significantly by the size of cities. The effects of technology, the regional shift of manufacturing, and federal trade policies are influenced by the relative location of cit

ISSN:0017-4815    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2257.1990.tb00531.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1990

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACTInformation‐intensive producer services, which constitute one of the fastest growing components of the U.S. economy, have been identified as a potential contributor to economic development in rural areas. This issue is examined in a case study of a community in rural Washington State. The findings indicate that producer services have not been decentralizing to rural Washington, and that opportunities for producer services development in rural communities are limited because of the inaccessibility of markets, smaller pools of skilled labor, and the lack of agglomeration economies. Opportunities for producer services are greatest in large rural communities with high‐quality telecommunications systems. Although the quality of telecommunications systems is important to the economic health of communities, advances in telecommunications can be a two‐way street for rural America. While telecommunications improvements increase a rural community's access to information and make it possible for rural businesses to more easily serve non‐local markets, they can also make it easier for firms located in urban areas to serve rural markets via branch offices or through the telecommunications

ISSN:0017-4815    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2257.1990.tb00532.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1990

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACTThree variations in regional policy distinguish the conduct of the nationalized British coal industry—social industry, state industry, and state commerce. Each variation takes a distinct approach to natural and human resource development in chronically depressed regions such as the peripheral coal fields in Britain or the Appalachian coal fields in the United States. Central to the variation are recognition of the factor of decline that E. F. Schumacher analyzed in the 1950s and the mitigation of social welfare consequences of shifts in production and investment. Schumacher's analysis raised policy issues of social welfare, resource development, and energy. These emerged again in the British coalminers'strike of 1984–85. Broad issues like these are likely to surface in regions where employment is concentrated in a declining industry facing new and severe competit

ISSN:0017-4815    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2257.1990.tb00533.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1990

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACTThe Japanese presence in U.S. banking markets is of particular significance. Japanese represent slightly over one‐half of the total foreign banking presence in the U.S., concentrated in two states (California and New York). The growth of Japanese direct investment in the U.S. and the yen/dollar exchange rate appear to be the two most important economic factors influencing this rising Japanese banking presence. Japanese legislation liberalizing the flow of investment in and out of Japan, beginning in 1980, is a very important factor. Also, the International Banking Act of 1978 may be important in explaining the recent growth of Japanese bank branches in Californi

ISSN:0017-4815    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2257.1990.tb00534.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1990

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACTThis paper analyzes the Sengstock typology of annexation laws for predictive power. Cities were found to annex at different rates when categorized according to the Sengstock typology. Cities allowed to annex land areas under municipal determination provisions were found to annex at higher rates than cities that annexed under predominantly under other types of laws. Cities that annexed under judicial determination provisions were found to annex land areas at lower rates than cities that annexed under other types of laws.

ISSN:0017-4815    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2257.1990.tb00535.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1990

数据来源: WILEY

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Book reviews in this article:Environmental WatchdogsJames A. Tober.Native AmericansC. MatthewWho Owns the Subsurface?Ronald T. Libby.Middle EastMichael Bar‐Zohar.A Green WorldS. Frederi

ISSN:0017-4815    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2257.1990.tb00536.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1990

数据来源: WILEY