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| Whitacre, Brian E.. |
| This paper examines the shifting influence of household characteristics and telecommunications infrastructure on the residential broadband adoption decision for Oklahoma residents between 2003 and 2006. In particular, the spread of wired telecommunications infrastructure (namely cable Internet and Digital Subscriber Lines (DSL)) is examined, along with the effect that this diffusion has had on broadband access rates. The data indicates that the gap in broadband access rates between rural and urban areas has remained relatively constant over this period despite increased levels of cable and DSL throughout the state. In addition, an inter-temporal decomposition shows that the increasing levels of infrastructure are not the dominant cause of higher broadband... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Broadband; Internet; Temporal Diffusion; Public Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; R11; O18; C1. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6934 |
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| Mayerhofer, Peter. |
| Many regions on the EU Eastern borders have developed favourably after the opening up of the border and the implementation of association agreements with the CEECs. This was often seen as a positive sign for the further perspectives of these regions after EU enlargement. In this paper we take a closer look at the mechanisms involved in a case study for Austria. Based on a very disaggregated data set at a regional as well as sectoral level we find that neither sectoral preconditions nor locational advantages can explain the good performance of (rural) border regions after 1989. Using multivariate cluster analyses we group 3-digit-industries to theoretically founded typologies indicating different sector characteristics and find that (fast growing) rural... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Border Regions; Integration; EU Enlargement; Regional Competitiveness; Austria; International Relations/Trade; F02; F15; R11; R12. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26234 |
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| Henry, Mark S.; Barkley, David L.; Li, Haizhen. |
| Key demographic trends in the rural South over the next decade-the aging of the population as baby boomers enter retirement, continued migration to the South, and rapid increases in shares of Hispanic residents-may have profound consequences for the financing of rural community public services. In this paper, we provide an overview of demographic and economic trends that are expected to influence the ability of rural communities to provide essential public services. In addition, we provide econometric evidence on the impacts that these trends are likely to have on the financing of K-12 education in South Carolina. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Demographic trends; Fiscal trends; Government services; Rural South; R11; R23; R51. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37958 |
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| Moroz, Serhiy Mykolayovych. |
| The paper describes the main tendencies and perspectives of development of rural areas in Ukraine. It emphasizes that the key reason of existing socio-economic issues in rural regions is the absence of well-defined rural development policy. Thus, it is necessary for Ukraine to implement long-term rural policy, as it takes place in countries of the European Union. Rural development should be based on the territorial approach. The special attention should be paid to the creation of local action groups. Hence, it is essential to introduce a program, similar to the LEADER initiative, to use local possibilities, and to implement the bottom-up approach for the solution of rural issues. Also, special strategies should be developed to expand non-farm rural... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Rural development; Rural policy; Ukraine; Community/Rural/Urban Development; R11; R58. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94624 |
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| Campos, Monica; Jaklic, Tina; Juvancic, Luka. |
| The paper is investigating the recent evolution of farm productivity in five EU New Member States (NMS): Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Poland and Slovenia. More precisely, the paper deals with determinants influencing farm productivity in a changing market and policy environment brought by their full integration to the CAP. With a combination of multivariate statistics and econometric techniques, it attempts to identify and explain the patterns of agricultural labour productivity change in the period 2003-2005. Results suggest that adjustment patterns are diverging and are region-specific, depending mainly on the initial farm structural conditions, and availability of non-farm jobs. Policy implications of the paper suggest that agricultural policy should... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Structural adjustment; Farm productivity; Farming types; EU-accession; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q12; R11. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95315 |
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| Jayne, Thomas S.; Mukumbu, Mulinge; Duncan, John; Staatz, John M.; Howard, Julie A.; Lundberg, Mattias K.A.; Aldridge, Kim; Nakaponda, Bethel; Ferris, John N.; Keita, Francis; Sanankoua, Abdel Kader. |
| The objectives of the study are: to assess the direction and magnitude of changes in real staple food prices since the implementation of food sector policy reforms in Africa; to identify the major factors affecting changes in these food prices; and to assess the resulting effects of food system reform on household food security. |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Food Security and Poverty; Downloads July 2008-June 2009: 9; R11. |
| Ano: 1996 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54695 |
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| Laker-Ojok, Rita. |
| The study which follows is an ex-ante analysis of expected returns to investment in agricultural research on groundnuts and sesame in Uganda. Studies have shown that it generally takes a minimum of six to ten years for new technologies to begin to have an impact on agricultural production practices. In the case of Uganda, Michigan State University was asked to measure the impact of a program which only began the process of rehabilitating the collapsed national agricultural research system in 1985 and began support for commodity research on groundnuts and sesame as recently as 1989 and 1991. As a result, the assessment which follows relies upon the projection of expected future benefits. While every effort has been taken to make reasonable projections based... |
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Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Oilseeds; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Downloads July 2008-June 2009: 13; R11. |
| Ano: 1994 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54708 |
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| Yi, Dale. |
| Data from a national telephone survey of working-aged adults in the continental US is combined with US Census 2000 data to explore the determinants of attachment to place and time preferences for jobs, natural amenities, and financial assets. Five regions in the US were delineated so that regional differences in the determinants of the dependent variables of interest could be parsed out. The regions are the Great Plains, Borderlands, Appalachia, the Plantation Belt, and the rest of the continental US. The first essay that explores time preferences for jobs, natural amenities, and money. Each was embedded with a ten percent rate of return. In aggregate, the nation as a whole demonstrated that the discount rate for jobs, natural amenities, and financial... |
| Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation |
Palavras-chave: Great Plains; Migration; Time preference; Survey; Community attachment; Social capital; Natural amenity; Economic development; Community; Census; Zip code; Policy; Native American; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; R11; R23; R53; R58; Q51; Q52; O13; O15. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56009 |
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| Wu, JunJie; Adams, Richard M.; Plantinga, Andrew J.. |
| This paper analyzes the effect of open space and other amenities on housing prices and development density within the framework of an urban equilibrium model. The model is estimated as a system of equations that includes households' residential choice decisions and developers' development decisions and emphasizes the importance of amenities in the formation of development patterns and property values. The model is applied to Portland, Oregon, where ambitious open space programs have been implemented. The results suggest that amenities are important: households are willing to pay more for newer houses located in areas of less dense development, with more open space, better views, less traffic congestion, and near amenity locations. For the developer,... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; R11; R21; R31. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21961 |
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