Location Determinants of Manufacturing Industry in Rural Areas

Smith, Eldon D.; Deaton, Brady J.; Kelch, David R.

doi:10.1017/s0081305200014060

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“…At the micro level, Dorf and Emerson (1978) concluded that access to an interstate highway does not necessarily attract small to medium businesses. Smith, Deaton, and Kelch (1978), on the contrary, found that interstate-highway access does attract firms. There are also exceptions to the importance of highways: Kuehn and West (1971) found that highways primarily influence regional supply conditions and that they are not critical factors in economic development.…”

Section: Economic Growth or Declinementioning

confidence: 92%

Rethinking Highway Effects on Population Change

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Voss

Deller

2006

Public Works Management & Policy

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Little systematic work has been undertaken to explain highway impacts on population change. In this study, the authors review the literature in regional economics and demographics in an attempt to shed light on the mechanisms by which investments in highway infrastructure influence population change. First, they categorize the indirect causal paths by which highways influence population change at the county and municipal levels. Then they propose a spatio-temporal approach to revisit highway effects on population change from the stage of highway development and areal characteristics specifically. Finally, it is concluded that at the county and municipal levels, the effect of highways on population change varies from preconstruction to postconstruction periods and across urban, suburban, and rural areas.A lthough several theories have been offered, accompanied with numerous empirical studies, to explain the effects that highways have on economic growth and development, little systematic work has been undertaken to synthesize the effects that highway investments have on population change. Furthermore, much of this vast literature is scattered across several disciplines, ranging from planning to economics to geography to sociology, which has resulted in a complex mixture of theoretical and empirical approaches. To our knowledge, no one has attempted to synthesize this literature and draw common themes. In this study, we analyze the mechanisms by which highways influence population change by examining theoretical explanations and empirical findings in an attempt to provide that synthesis.We propose to understand the mechanisms by addressing two questions: (a) What are the possible paths by which investments in highways influence population change? (b) Do highway-investment effects on population change vary temporally from preconstruction, construction, and postconstruction stages as well as spatially across urban, suburban, and rural areas? In the following sections, we answer these questions by summarizing and analyzing the extant literature of highway effects on population change. First, at the county and municipal AUTHORS' NOTE: An earlier version of this article was presented at

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Section: Economic Growth or Declinementioning

confidence: 92%

Rethinking Highway Effects on Population Change

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Deller

2006

Public Works Management & Policy

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“…Yet, Smith, Deaton, and Kelch (1978) found that access to highways did increase the likelihood of a firm moving to an area, although several other variables such as site-specific characteristics and the quality of fire protection had greater influence than highway access. In a study of rural Missouri, Kuehn, Braschier, and Shonkwiler (1979) found sufficient evidence to suggest that access to a quality water system played an important role in plant location.…”

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confidence: 94%

“…The common perception is that investment in public infrastructure sets the cornerstone for economic growth and development. Numerous studies purport to have revealed empirical relationships between investments in public infrastructure and economic development and growth (e.g., Aschauer, 1993;Humphrey & Sell, 1975;Kusmin, Redman & Sears, 1996;Smith, Deaton, & Kelch, 1978;Steinnes, 1990).…”

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Public Infrastructure in Economic Development and Growth: Evidence From Rural Manufacturers

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Deller

1997

Community Development Society. Journal

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The role of public infrastructure in economic development and growth is examined and reported here. Specific attention is paid to the importance of infrastructure to small rural manufacturing firms in upper New England and Wisconsin. Study results suggest that while infrastructure is important to small manufacturing firms, other community attributes such as overall community attitudes toward change and the underlying forces of firm start-ups are more important. While adequate investments in infrastructure may be necessary for economic development and growth, it is not sufficient.

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“…Yet its strategies are often stated in universal terms-at a community level-even when variability is assumed across different groups within the community. These tensions are particularly acute in highly diverse rural populations (see Christenson, 1980Christenson, , 1989Summers, 1986) where community development efforts have typically meant rural industrialization (Deaton, 1981;Dorf & Emerson, 1978;Kuehn, Braschler, & Shonkwiler, 1979;Lloyd & Wilkinson, 1985;Luloff & Chittenden, 1984;Smith, Deaton, & Kelch, 1978;Summers, 1986;Till, 1981;Williams, Sofranko, & Root, 1977), and to a lesser extent, attracting retirees Downloaded by [Anadolu University] at 19:46 26 December 2014 (Bender et al, 1985;Brown, 1988;Brown & Deavers, 1987;Cook, 1990;Glasgow, 1990;Glasgow & Beale, 1985;Gardner, 1988;Pulver, 1986;Summers & Hirsch', 1985). Christenson and Robinson (1989, P. ix, 3-our emphasis) define the concept of community development in the following way:…”

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Growth Machine Attitudes and Community Development in Two Racially Diverse Rural Mississippi Delta Communities: A Monolithic Approach in Acomplex Region

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Nylander

King

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Community Development Society. Journal

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Residents and identified community leaders from two rural Mississippi Delta communities were studied to determine the extent to which diverse groups of this region advocate the same needs of, perceived attitudes toward, and approaches within community development. Five assumptions concerning community development in the racially diverse Mississippi Delta, a region argued to have a patronage approach to economic development and social opportunities, were empirically examined through cross-tabulations, exploratory factor analysis, and independent sample T-tests. Virtually no differences were found across race, gender, income, owning additional property (other than a house) in the region, and leaders versus non-leaders in their needs, attitudes and approaches. All groups adhere to a monolithic "growth machine" approach which seems to perpetuate a patronage system in the region. To keep political and economic elites from dominating the community development agenda, more emphasis needs to be placed on local community betterment than on community economic development, potentially giving rise to different voices in the community.

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Location Determinants of Manufacturing Industry in Rural Areas

Cited by 41 publications

References 6 publications

Rethinking Highway Effects on Population Change

Rethinking Highway Effects on Population Change

Public Infrastructure in Economic Development and Growth: Evidence From Rural Manufacturers

Growth Machine Attitudes and Community Development in Two Racially Diverse Rural Mississippi Delta Communities: A Monolithic Approach in Acomplex Region

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