Broadband access may have important implications for establishment births in rural areas,
which feature thinner markets. Broadband may be especially important for rural …

Using data on the composition of the banking sector for US counties, we explore two
channels through which banking composition may impact county-level development …

Manufacturing, specifically food and beverage production, is a key employer in rural areas
and has linkages to the agricultural sector. Using data drawn from the National …

Abstract Knowledge of the determinants of self‐employment income is critical to
entrepreneurial development strategies if the development goal is to increase incomes not …

Female entrepreneurs in rural America are rarely studied, despite local economic context
likely shaping their (self‐) employment choices. Development literature suggests …

Highly productive US cities are characterized by high housing prices, low housing stock
growth, and restrictive land-use regulations (eg, San Francisco). While new residents would …

This research uses an economic growth framework to analyze the impacts of male-and
female-owned firms on economic performance. To address the potential endogeneity …

Even as economic incentives are increasingly used by policy makers to spur state and local
economic development, their use is controversial among the public and academics. The …

Due to the ageing population and the changing demographics, mature age or older
entrepreneurship is becoming an important area of research within the regional literature …

Using two alternative metrics of social capital, we explore how community structure
influences the five-year survival rates of businesses started in 2000. Employing a family of …