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AbstractThis study examines the impact of local tax differentials on the location of manufacturing firms. The study improves on previous substate location/growth studies in constructing a tax measure that better reflects the tax burden that firms are likely to face. The results of the study indicate that firms tend to avoid counties that have relatively high property tax rates. These findings suggest that tax relief incentives can be an important component of a county's industrial recruitment program.

Estimates direct and indirect economic effects of businesses started in nonprofit centers offering space and services to small, new firms; US. Case studies of incubators and graduate firms in Decatur, Illinois and Hutchinson, Kansas.

Southern states in the 1970s and 1980s. Economic activities and structural factors in local economic systems.

This article presents an economic model for community choice between volunteer and professional fire protection services. Using data from the Indiana State Fire Marshal and the 1991 U.S. census, regression techniques were used to estimate the share of county population served by volunteer fire protection from variables measuring community demands for fire protection and relative costs of volunteer and professional departments. The results provide evidence that professional departments are cost-effective at high levels of fire protection and volunteer departments are cost-effective at low levels of fire protection. Per capita income, population density, education, property value, percentage of renters, farm receipts, and the percentage of commuters were found to be significant determinants of fire protection choice.

ABSTRACTHuman capital is becoming recognized as an increasingly important factor in rural economic development. Economic research, however, has not provided clear empirical support of the relationship between human capital investment and economic growth. This paper applies stock and flow concepts to human capital and suggests an operational approach for applying stock and flow concepts to the analysis of the impact of human capital investments through education on economic growth.

Discusses the local revenues and expenditures for the Virginia counties in the Cumberland Plateau Planning District: Buchanan, Dickenson, Russell, and Tazewell.