Growth and Change articles from January 1995

Growth and Change archives from January 1995

Location patterns of high growth industries in rural counties.
January 1, 1995... Introduction A steady decline in the relative economic well-being of rural America since the early 1980s has caused farmers, small town business people, rural residents and governmental officials at all levels to be deeply concerned about...

Inscribing workplaces: the spatiality of the production process.
January 1, 1995... Analysis by geographers and other social scientists has drawn attention to the diverse paths taken in the construction of critical approaches to the explanation of the processes of social change (e.g. Pratt and Hanson 1994; Gregory 1993;...

Stochastic and deterministic trends in state economies.
January 1, 1995... Introduction Identifying the fundamental nature of growth paths in regional economies is essential for effective analyses of past performance, future prospects, and policy effects. Seldom seen among traditional economic activity measures are...

Regime, polity, and economic growth: the Latin American experience.
January 1, 1995... Introduction Many important questions of policy hinge on the linkage between regional economic growth and political institutions. The present paper studies this crucial and fundamental socioeconomic subject by considering how the political...

The economics and politics of tax increment financing.
January 1, 1995... Introduction Tax increment financing (TIF) is a popular tool by which local governments use property tax revenue to fund the public costs of economic revitalization and growth. TIF has always been controversial because it is difficult to...

Dynamics of the U.S. interstate migration system, 1975-1992.
January 1, 1995... To make good decisions, decision makers need to be aware of changing patterns of interstate migration and how they relate to changes in national economic growth and spatial patterns of economic activity. For example, businesses looking to take...

The international monetary system since World War II.
January 1, 1995... More than two decades passed since the breakdown of the Bretton Woods system. The ensuing international monetary arrangement is more than simple. There has been floating among major (blocs) of industrial countries while most European...

The International Monetary System.
January 1, 1995... Editor's Note: Numerous questions of regional development hinge on the stability and efficiency of monetary institutions, international as well as domestic. The volume reviewed here by Professor Kim illustrates the growth since World War II of...

The Transformation of Communist Systems: Economic Reform Since the 1950s.
January 1, 1995... The papers presented in this volume were prepared for those whose purpose is to examine the potential relevance of qualitative changes in the economic systems of the formerly socialist countries for economic research. The purpose of the book is...

Postcommunist Economic Transformation: Essays in Honor of Gregory Grossman.
January 1, 1995... The past few years have produced an increased literature on the postcommunist transformation process. In spite of its broad scope, Robert Campbell's book, dedicated to Gregory Grossman, serves as a useful reference for those working on this...