Public investment impacts and regional economic growth

Lewis, W. Cris

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“…This expression (equation 14) is the long-run equilibrium condition with all factors variable in every location (Dhrymes, 1964). For each output 1 An alternative theoretical discussion of plant location decisions in relation to water resource development may be found in "Public Investment Impacts and Regional Growth" (Lewis, 1973). level, costs at the jth location may be expressed as a function of input.…”

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Techniques for water demand analysis and forecasting: Puerto Rico, a case study

Attanasi¹,

Close²,

López³

1975

Open-File Report

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The rapid economic growth of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico since 1947 has brought public pressure on Government agencies for rapid development of public water supply and waste treatment facilities. Since 1945 the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority has had the responsibility for planning, developing and operating water supply and waste treatment facilities on a municipio basis. The purpose of this study was to develop operational techniques whereby a planning agency, such as the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, could project the temporal and "spatial distribution of future water demands. This report is part of a 2-year cooperative study between the U.S. Geological Survey and the Environmental Quality Board of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, for the development of systems analysis techniques for use in water resources planning. While the Commonwealth was assisted in the development of techniques to facilitate ongoing planning, the U.S. Geological Survey attempted to gain insights in order to better interface its data collection efforts with the planning process. The report reviews the institutional structure associated with water resources planning for the Commonwealth. A brief description of alternative water demand forecasting procedures is presented and specific techniques and analyses of Puerto Rico demand data are discussed. Water demand models for a specific area of Puerto Rico are then developed. These models provide a framework for making several sets of water demand forecasts based on alternative economic and demographic assumptions. In the second part of this report, the historical impact of water resources investment on regional economic development is analyzed and related to water demand forecasting. Conclusions and future data needs are in.the last section.

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Techniques for water demand analysis and forecasting: Puerto Rico, a case study

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1975

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Public employment and regional economic development in the United States

Rooy

1978

Atlantic Economic Journal

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An economic analysis of water resource investments and regional economic growth

Cicchetti¹,

Smith²,

Carson³

1975

Water Resources Research

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The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effects of the Bureau of Reclamation's water resource projects over the period 1930-1970 on regional economic growth in the Southwest. The empirical results indicate that these investments have had an impact on regional economic growth and that the extent of the effect depends on the nature of the water investment, the state of the regional economy, and the amount and nature of other investments in the region. Study Area Geographic Region Lower Colorado region Arizona Upper Colorado region Colorado New Mexico Utah Wyoming Southwest region Colorado New MexicoLower Missouri region Colorado sector. Rather it is based on economic, social, and political considerations. Clearly, further research is needed in this area, but this will be beyond the scope of our efforts. ProjectsAfter experimenting with alternative specifications of our proximate production relationships with capital measures for six of the bureau investment categories (i.e., investments in Gila, Parker-Davis, and Salt River irrigation, power, municipal and industrial water supply, fish and wildlife, recreation, and flood controls), equations (1) andColbran, Florida, fruit growers dam, Mancos, Paonia, Pine River, (2) were selected as final equations because of overall goodness Silt, Smith Fork, Uncompahgre, and of fit and conformity of the relationships with a priori'

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Public investment impacts and regional economic growth

Cited by 4 publications

References 9 publications

Techniques for water demand analysis and forecasting: Puerto Rico, a case study

Techniques for water demand analysis and forecasting: Puerto Rico, a case study

Public employment and regional economic development in the United States

An economic analysis of water resource investments and regional economic growth

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