Searching for New Manufacturing Plant Locations: A Study of Location Decisions in Central Appalachia

Walker, Robert; Calzonetti, Frank J.

doi:10.1080/00343409012331345754

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“…New establishments are choosing manufacturing locations based on site characteristics that affect their profitability .9 If these factors are correlated with the discriminatory variables included in the previous model, then the results may be substantially different. Six variables were selected which have been used in the industrial location literature (Walker and Calzonetti 1989;Wheeler and Muller 1986).…”

Section: Tobit Analysis Of Toxic Releasesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Neighborhood Exposure to Toxic Releases: Are There Racial Inequities?

1996

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This paper explores the use of empirical evidence to determine whether the exposure of minorities to environmental risks constitutes aversive racism. Connections are drawn between definitions of aversive racism and statistical approaches to research into the relationship between race and risk, paying particular attention to the influence of both non-racial discrimination and industrial location factors. Federal judicial and executive remedies to aversive racism are examined in light of the standards of evidence presented. An empirical study of the connection between race and exposure to toxic releases is then presented for Census block groups in Georgia and Ohio. It was found that the significance of race depends on the breadth of the explanatory model used in the analysis. A model of overall exposure to toxic releases shows that race is significant in a narrow model of discrimination but not in a broader model including industrial location factors. However, a model of targeting of minorities in the recent location of toxics-emitting facilities fails to show discrimination in any of the regression analyses.These findings support the view that environmental justice concerns cannot be addressed through reform of siting processes; broader remedies involving more stringent protection of exposure to toxic emissions are more likely to be effective.

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Section: Tobit Analysis Of Toxic Releasesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Neighborhood Exposure to Toxic Releases: Are There Racial Inequities?

1996

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“…A study by Walker and Calzonetti (1990) found that multiple location firms or selection of branch locations is driven more by cost considerations, while criteria for single locations are less clear. Results suggested that large energy-intensive branch manufacturing plants examine energy and transportation costs.…”

Section: Studies Of Manufacturing Site Locationmentioning

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Manufacturing Site Location Preferences of Small Agribusiness Firms

Jensen¹,

Pompelli²

2002

J Small Bus Man

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This study examined the perceived importance of site location characteristics identified in a 1999 survey of 198 small Tennessee agribusinesses. Responding firms ranked proximity to buyers/customers, labor, and raw materials above other factors. However, the relative importance of all factors varied by industry subsector. For example, compared to food processing firms, textile milling and lumber/wood products firms perceived community incentives as less important. Projected firm growth and current location also affected the perceived importance of site location factors. The diversity of perceived factor importance across agribusiness subsectors supports the idea that incentives and promotion of site location factors to attract small agribusiness may need to be tailored to meet specific firms' needs.

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“…Because of these human limitations and in order to represent choices in a manageable way, it has been proposed that migration decisions be modeled in a nested, hierarchical manner (Holm and Malmberg 1997;Moore and Rosenberg 1995). A similar hierarchical approach has been recommended to represent industrial location search by firms (Walker and Calzonetti 1990).…”

Section: Decomposing the Migration Decisionmentioning

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Determinants of the Spatial Mobility of Immigrants: Evidence from Sweden

Rephann¹,

Vencatasawmy²

2000

Review of Regional Studies

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Foreign-born residents constitute approximately 11 percent of the Swedish population. This level has been reached after steady immigration during the postwar years and has been accompanied in recent decades with proportionately more non-European immigrants. This paper examines how these foreign born differ from native Swedes in internal migration behavior using a unique, geographically descriptive micro database. It finds that they differ, in part, because of the role that the size of foreign-born communities plays in both the decision to migrate and choice of destination. The implications of these results for public policy, regional economic growth, and regional economicdemographic modeling are discussed.

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Searching for New Manufacturing Plant Locations: A Study of Location Decisions in Central Appalachia

Cited by 14 publications

References 67 publications

Neighborhood Exposure to Toxic Releases: Are There Racial Inequities?

Neighborhood Exposure to Toxic Releases: Are There Racial Inequities?

Manufacturing Site Location Preferences of Small Agribusiness Firms

Determinants of the Spatial Mobility of Immigrants: Evidence from Sweden

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