Locational Behavior in Manufacturing Industries

1. Introduction -- The need for industrial location analysis -- Concentration on disaggregated manufacturing activity -- The location of economic activity -- Outline of following chapters -- 2. Description Of The Data Base -- Regions used -- Location data -- Industrial linkage data -- Summary -- 3. Measurement of Factors Influencing Industrial Location -- Nonrandomness in location -- The orientation of industries -- Summary -- 4. The Measurement of Geographic Association -- Previous measures of geographic association -- The measure of association used -- The effect of cluster size on geographic association -- Variation in the measure of geographic association between urban and rural regions -- Geographic associations among more than two industries -- Summary -- 5. The Impact of Linkages on Industrial Location -- Analysis of results for all industries -- Regression analysis of individual manufacturing industries -- Industrial complexes -- Summary -- 6. Summary of Results and Conclusions -- Summary of preceding chapters -- Implications for industrial location practice and policy -- Suggested extensions of the analysis -- List Of References -- Appendices -- A-1. Substitution of SEA's for SMSA's in the Northeast -- A-2. Method of selecting 199 industries used -- A-3. Extent and consequences of errors remaining in data -- B-1. Biased correlation coefficients with disaggregated regional data -- B-2. Factor analysis identification of industrial complexes -- C-1. Summary of bilateral linkages and associations by industry -- C-2. Correlations between employment estimates for three subdivisions of ten sample industries -- C-3. Correlations between employment estimates for SMSA and non-SMSA subdivisions of fifteen sample industries.