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The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) will continue to attract political debate as U.S. manufacturing industries adjust in the face of increased import competition and export opportunities. This study applies the specific factors model of production to manufacturing industries in Alabama to examine the pending adjustment. As industrial prices change, there will be small output adjustments in the short run and downward pressure on the wages of production workers. Projected changes in industrial investment will lead to substantial long‐run output adjustment

ISSN:0017-4815    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2257.1996.tb00893.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1996

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ABSTRACTA large literature within industrial geography suggests that contemporary production systems are characterized by vertical disintegration processes and the emergence of agglomerations of small manufacturing establishments. According to Allen Scott, one of the most influential contributors to this literature, centers of economic activity in California are especially susceptible to the processes of vertical disintegration and agglomeration. Our concern in this paper is that this “California thesis” has serious empirical difficulties that need to be addressed. Accordingly, this paper reexamines general indicators of vertical disintegration, comparing their temporal record in California to that of the nation as a whole. We examine changes to these indicators for a set of industries that, according to Scott, are characterized by vertical disintegration. Our findings indicate that the weight of evidence does not support the conclusions of Scott concerning vertical disintegration in California. Therefore, his explanation of recent economic growth in California and the utility of his theory as an economic development paradigm require reevaluat

ISSN:0017-4815    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2257.1996.tb00894.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1996

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACTThe purpose of this paper is to analyze whether major results from Mankiw, Romer, and Weil (1992) cross national study on productivity convergence hold when applied to U.S. states where there is more uniformity of institutional factors and homogeneity of the economic data. Similar to the international studies, this paper identifies the contribution of factor inputs and human capital by state for the period 1969–88. The study finds a strong tendency for convergence even when controlling for other factors, with human capital growth being most important; the speed of convergence is roughly twice as high as between countrie

ISSN:0017-4815    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2257.1996.tb00895.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1996

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ABSTRACTThe annexation activity of municipalities is studied in a market framework. A sample of 659 municipalities of 25,000 or more population is used to analyze the effects of municipal government structure and annexation statutes on municipal government behavior. Both annexation laws and types of municipal governments are found to be significant determinants of the level of municipal annexation activity. Since some studies indicate that annexation activity affects municipal efficiency, these results have policy implications for state legislators who control the institutions under which municipalities operate.

ISSN:0017-4815    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2257.1996.tb00896.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1996

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACTThe proportion of a region's population that is elderly may change over time for many different reasons. The proportion may grow because of the net in‐migration of elderly individuals, or it may grow because of the net out‐migration of nonelderly residents. Furthermore, the proportion may grow if the number of nonmovers in the “pre‐elderly” cohort is relatively high. This paper discusses in detail the ways in which this proportion may change over time. This is complemented by a state‐level empirical study of elderly population growth in the United States during the late 1980s. The spatial pattern of the rate of new entry into the elderly cohort among nonmovers is found to be particularly influential in determining changes in the proportion of a state's population that

ISSN:0017-4815    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2257.1996.tb00897.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1996

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACTA widely‐held belief is that stricter environmental regulations stifle economic growth. To determine empirically the effect of environmental conditions and policies on state‐level per capita income growth, a Barro‐type economic growth model was estimated for the years 1982 to 1991, which correspond to two consecutive troughs in the business cycle. States with better environmental conditions had significantly higher income growth rates during this period. At the same time, stricter environmental policies did not significantly depress income growth. Data used include recently developed, consistent measures of environmental policy and quality for individual states, as well as data from the 1980 U.S. Census and Bureau of Economic Ana

ISSN:0017-4815    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2257.1996.tb00898.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1996

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Book Review In This Article:Development, Geography,andEconomicTheory. by Paul Krugman.WritingWomenandSpace: ColonialandPostcolonialGeographies. Alison Blunt and Gillian Rose.TheIndustrialEnterpriseandItsEnvironment: SpatialPerspectives. by Sergio Conti, Edward J. MaleckiIndustrialLocation: Principles, Practice,andPolicy. by J.W. Harrington and Barney Warf.RegulatoryTakings: Law, Economics,andPolitics. by William A. Fischel.MarxisminthePostmodernAge: ConfrontingtheNewWorldOrder. Antonio Callari, Stephen Cullenberg, and Carole Biewener

ISSN:0017-4815    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2257.1996.tb00899.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1996

数据来源: WILEY