Growth and Change articles from September 1994

Growth and Change archives from September 1994

A composite index for statistical inference for ranking metropolitan areas.
September 22, 1994... Introduction Comparison of socio-economic patterns for an entity requires standards from which the entity can be positioned on a scale. The rating and ranking of urban areas by some given criteria permit such activity, examples of which...

The retail bank CD market: an assessment of geographic scope. (certificate of deposit)
September 22, 1994... Introduction Assessing the geographic scope of banking markets has been an important area of inquiry for many years. From a policy perspective, the delineation of markets for banking services, especially deposits and loans, is critical for...

An evaluation of state budget stabilization funds among midwestern states.
September 22, 1994... Introduction Since the late 1970's a number of states have established budget stabilization or "rainy day funds." The defining characteristic of these funds is that they were designed to allow a state to react to short-run deviations between...

Community level multipliers for rural development initiatives.
September 22, 1994... Introduction The focus of rural economic development is often the creation of new economic activity in a rural community or set of rural communities. In evaluating any rural development initiative, an assessment of the impact of the new...

The end of an era: Asian NIEs in the global economy. (newly industrialized economies)
September 22, 1994... Introduction The East Asian Miracle - "a remarkable record of high and sustained economic growth .. [f]rom 1965 to 1990" (World Bank 1993, p. 1) - has been the subject of great debate and research. When coupled with the economic success of...

Agriculture, Environment, and Health: Sustainable Development in the 21st Century.
September 22, 1994... This work sets an ambitious agenda: to suggest appropriate policies for the development of sustainable agriculture which also take into consideration the impacts of such policies on human health and the global environment. In general, the work...

Managing Water as an Economic Resource.
September 22, 1994... In this brief volume, James Winpenny strongly advances three arguments. The first is that past and present efforts to redress water problems through large-scale centralized public works designed to increase supply are failing to achieve their...

Trials of Transition: Economic Reform in the Former Communist Bloc.
September 22, 1994... Transformation of the centrally planned economies of the former Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc countries has progressed fitfully and differentially across the region. Although events are still unfolding at a rapid pace and fuller understanding...

Tower Block: Modern Public Housing in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
September 22, 1994... After World War II the UK was in desperate need of new dwellings. In the spirit of the New Welfare State and public provision of services, municipalities took up the responsibility for building the needed dwellings themselves rather than...

Capital and Communities in Black and White: The Intersections of Race, Class, and Uneven Development.
September 22, 1994... This recent addition to the New Inequalities series of SUNY is both timely and anachronistic. It is timely because many of the issues discussed were highly pertinent to the 1994 elections, although mostly in a latent sense. It is anachronistic...

Restructuring for Innovation: The Remaking of the U.S. Semiconductor Industry.
September 22, 1994... The semiconductor industry arguably represents a critical foundation for high technology in the global economy. Its strategic nature suggests that its relative competitiveness in different countries is a yardstick for national status in...

Technopolis: High-Technology Industry and Regional Development in Southern California.
September 22, 1994... Technopolis seeks to extend Allen Scott's theory of flexible production agglomerations to account for the growth of high-technology industry and the broader regional development of Southern California. While providing a wealth of useful...