The advisability of an urban-centered growth strategy to reap the benefits of urban
agglomeration economies is much debated. Rural areas benefit when the growth “spreads” …

This article synthesizes an extensive literature on how local characteristics might affect the
nature of poverty, particularly US rural poverty. The attributes discussed include the natural …

Missing data frustrate research and limit our understanding of regional economies. County
Business Patterns annually provides employment data for all US counties and states at the …

This paper examines the economic experience of past energy booms and that of current
unconventional shale gas and oil development. We focus on key economic characteristics of …

Innovations in hydraulic fracturing have led to oil and gas booms in various shale plays
across the US The economic impact of shale development has been estimated previously …

We estimate the effect regional economic diversification has on the resiliency of the US
housing market, treating the spatial and temporal variation in natural disasters as …

How does the research about rural economies in developed countries compare to
urban/regional economics? What can the new generation contribute? This paper briefly …

Previous research suggests that having more self‐employed or entrepreneurs can
contribute to higher levels of economic growth in distressed areas. Additionally, self …

Objectives: To examine relationships among organizational context (characteristics of the
external, hospital, and nursing unit environments), organizational structure (unit capacity …

Comparing local employment portfolios against entrepreneurship, this research finds that
local wage and salary job market prospects shape incentives for potential entrepreneurs …