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ABSTRACTThis paper investigates the determinants of Canadian direct investment in Northern New York, focusing on the influence of changing foreign exchange rates. Hypotheses are formulated that new investment should be positively related to the value of the U.S. dollar while expansions of existing facilities ought to be unrelated to exchange rate movements. These predictions are supported by the data. Since Canadian investment is found to behave quite differently from domestic‐source investment, we conclude that other factors besides exchange rates account for much of this difference

ISSN:0017-4815    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2257.1989.tb00485.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACTEach year Congress allocates billions of dollars to states on the basis of unemployment. The stated objectives include assisting unskilled, economically disadvantaged, and dislocated workers; yet unemployment is a poor proxy for identifying such individuals. This paper examines the consequences of altering allocation formulas and concludes that switching from unemployment statistics to alternative measures of need, e.g., low wages, low income, or poverty, would have a dramatic impact on the geographic distribution of funds. Even switching from one unemployment statistic to another (e.g., from aggregate unemployment to excess unemployment or long‐term unemployment) would substantially alter the distribution of fund

ISSN:0017-4815    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2257.1989.tb00486.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACTInterest in the economic role of the large enterprise has led to numerous studies of economic dependency and regional economic health and performance. In this paper, an interindustry accounting framework is conjoined with Dun and Bradstreet corporate ownership data to provide a fresh perspective on the effects of external economic ownership. The aggregate level measurement method is applied to fifteen multicounty regions in the state of Illinois, and reveals considerable variation in the measures generated. High regional dependence measures are directly related to employment stability and inversely related to employment growth.Although interindustry accounts have been used most commonly in economic impacts assessment and forecasting, a broader range of potential applications lies in their use as descriptive and explanatory measurement tools. This paper addresses the external ownership issue at the macrolevel by testing the relationship between measures of input‐output dependence and indices of regional employment growth and stability, and demonstrates, in the process, a non‐conventional use of interindustry data. The conjoining of interindustry data and the Dun and Bradstreet data produces a unique set of measures of regional economic struct

ISSN:0017-4815    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2257.1989.tb00487.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACTThis paper examines the shift from current market value assessment to acquisition‐based assessment as mandated by a little‐noticed provision of California's 1978 Proposition Thirteen. The distributional effects of the reformed property tax system are studied for a 300‐house, ten‐neighborhood sample in Davis, California. Micro‐area tax inequalities for similar properties greatly increased from 1978 to 1985. By 1988, however, intra‐area and inter‐area inequalities in tax payments were diminishing slightly due to a low inflation rate and increased property turnover (resales). Because of its social policy consequences, acquisition‐based assessment is an element of California's tax revolt that other jurisdictions sho

ISSN:0017-4815    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2257.1989.tb00488.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACTOne of the fundamental aspects of “high technology” is its reliance on people. The high‐tech context permits a reexamination of several elements of regional research and policy, including technical workers, entrepreneurship, the effect of new technology in the workplace, and the potential for public policies to address people‐related issues. This paper suggests that an orientation toward people relates more accurately to the underlying processes, particularly those that focus on flows of people and information. Entrepreneurship, for example, depends critically on people and their social networks. Likewise, the level of technology in a region or nation is defined by the stock of knowledge and skills found within firms and people. A long‐term perspective is necessary for public policies that address regional compet

ISSN:0017-4815    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2257.1989.tb00489.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACTThis paper reviews an interactive, policy‐oriented simulation model and introduces the addition of a water module. This module enables policymakers to estimate and analyze those direct and indirect socioeconomic effects on a regional economy, occurring over time, which are attributable to regional water supply constraints and water allocation decisions. In addition, this paper presents a hear‐programming‐based approach which can guide the user in making water parameter adjustments for a chosen objective. An empirical demonstration of the procedure based on the Minnesota state economy illustrates its usefu

ISSN:0017-4815    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2257.1989.tb00490.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY

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Book reviews in this article:Harnessing the Beast‐ America's Twin PassionsJack DeSario and Stuart Langton, eds.The Costs and Benefits of Getting ThereHans A. Adler,Economic Appraisal of Transport Projects: A Manual with Case Studies.Dynamic EfficiencyStephen S. Cohen and John Zysman,Manufacturing Matters.Skill‐Training Life CyclePatricia M. Flynn,Facilitating Technological Change: The Human Resource Challenge.Our UnderclassJohn Erickson and Charles Wilhelm, eds.,Housing the Homeless.Attitudes and PolicyJohn E. Tropman,Public Opinon and the Elderly, 1952‐1978: A Kaleidoscope of Culture.Animal, Human, and Machine PowerPrabhu L. Pingali, Yves Bigot, and Hans BinswangerWhy Do We Drive?Scott L. Bottles,Los Angeles and the Automobile?Political Science ApproachesPhilip O. Foss, ed.,Federal Lands Policy.Energy PoliciesRichard L. Ender and John Choon Kim, eds.Catch the Wave‐Book Review EssayBooth, Douglas E.Regional Long Waves, Uneven Growth, and the Cooperative Alternative.Catch the Wave‐Book Review EssayMager, Nathan H.The Kondratieff Waves.Catch the Wave‐Book Review EssayMarshall, Michael.Long Waves of Regional

ISSN:0017-4815    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2257.1989.tb00491.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY