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ABSTRACTThe results of this study confirm the expected positive relationship between economic development agency spending and employment growth among the states. Furthermore, it is concluded that past studies, by failing to control for state economic development agency spending in estimated regression equations, have underestimated the negative impact of personal taxes on employment growth.

ISSN:0017-4815    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2257.1994.tb00145.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACTThis paper presents a historical perspective of growth of the Mexican automobile industry, focusing on the changing position of Third‐World producers within the global motor vehicle industry. Both the impact of Mexican government policies directed toward increasing international competitiveness and that of adjustments made by transnational corporations to changes in technology and production methods are reviewed. Finally, a demand function that relates the proportion of the industry output that is exported to relative producer prices, Mexican and U.S. income, and government policy variables is estimated. The results of that analysis are consistent with the hypotheses that Mexican automotive sector exports are significantly related to (1) relative Mexico/U.S. producer prices, (2) income in the United States, and (3) changes in Mexican government export promotion policies initiated in 1983. These specific results, coupled with the global changes taking place in the industry, lead to the conclusion that Mexico can be expected to continue on its course toward fuller integration into the world motor vehicle industry as a producer of both finished vehicles and parts. While this would be a probable scenario even in the absence of the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Agreement is likely to accelerate the growth of internationally competitive automotive sector production in Mexic

ISSN:0017-4815    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2257.1994.tb00146.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACTExisting studies of convergence across jurisdictions of a nation have focused on developed economies. A key assumption underlying regional convergence is geographical factor mobility, and in a developed economy, mobility is facilitated by low transportation costs. By the same token, convergence in a less‐developed economy may be impeded by the absence of a well‐developed transportation infrastructure. We examine the rate and industrial composition of economic convergence in a neighboring less‐developed country (LDC), Mexico, to examine how it might have differed from the U.S. experience.We find evidence of stronger convergence in Gross State Product per capita in Mexico relative to existing estimates of U.S. convergence. Further, while manufacturing activity has been found to be a primary source of convergence in the U.S., we find weaker evidence of convergence of manufacturing activity in Mexico. On the other hand, industries such as hotels and transportation were found to be significantly influential in regional convergence in the Mexican ec

ISSN:0017-4815    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2257.1994.tb00147.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACTThe paper presents a model of worktrip length for rural nonmetropolitan resident women. We find that some factors important in constraining the length of urban women's commute, such as linking worktrips with household‐related trips. are less relevant in a rural setting. We also find that women working in non‐feminized occupations, women receiving employer‐provided health benefits, and women with better transportation resources, tend to have longer work

ISSN:0017-4815    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2257.1994.tb00148.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACTThis paper presents a contemporary survey and synthesis of research on the regional dimensions of technology and competitiveness and explores ways in which technological change has influenced industrial restructuring in U.S. regions. Neoclassical models of regional growth are judged to be seriously wanting in their treatment of technological change. Industrial organization theories such as product/profit cycles, best‐practice firms, and flexible specialization have proven to be more illuminating. However, the task remains to integrate technology as a core element in a geography of production and regional economic change that includes both global strategic decision‐making of companies and the viability of plants in particular regional settings. Although the federal government as sponsor and procurer of technology has contributed significantly to regional industrial restructuring, the prospects for state and local governments to facilitate technological change appear to be very limi

ISSN:0017-4815    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2257.1994.tb00149.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0017-4815    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2257.1994.tb00150.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

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Book reviewed in this article:InstitutionalIncentives andSustainableDevelopment: InfrastructurePolicies inPerspective. Elinor Ostrom, Larry Schroeder, and Susan Wynne.TheColonizer'sModelOF THE World: GeographicalDiffusionismAND EurocentricHistory. James Blaut.TheAgeOF Migration: InternationalPopulationMovementsIN TheModernWorld. Stephen Castles and Mark J. Miller.EnvironmentalProblemsInEasternEurope. F.W. Carter and D. Turnock, Editors.China'sEconomicReform: AdministeringTheIntroductionOfTheMarketMechanism. George Totten and Zhou Shulian.RegionalAdvantage: Culture andCompetition inSiliconValleyAndRoute128. AnnaLee Saxenian.

ISSN:0017-4815    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2257.1994.tb00151.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY