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Non-Linear Input-Output Models: Practicability and Potential

West, Guy R.; Jackson, Randall - Regional Research Institute (RRI), West Virginia University - 2004

The conventional input-output model has been widely criticized, both justly and unjustly, for its limiting assumptions. One of these assumptions is homogeneity of degree one. This paper explores some approaches to minimize this limitation of traditional input-output analysis by removing the...

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Human Capital, Migration Strategy, and Brain Drain

Schaeffer, Peter - Regional Research Institute (RRI), West Virginia University - 2004

This research was motivated by the increasing number of foreign students and scientists who are in the United States on temporary visas who are able to change their status to permanent immigrant. Origin countries, among them industrialized western European nations, are concerned about losing...

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Location-Specific Amenities, Equilibrium, and Constraints on Location Choices

Cushing, Brian - Regional Research Institute (RRI), West Virginia University - 2004

This research considers how preferences for location-specific attributes might constrain migration destination choices. In particular, if, at any given time, most people are consuming their desired location-specific attributes, then unwillingness to give up these attributes may influence the...

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An Empirical Analysis of Employment, Migration, Local Public Services and Regional Income Growth in Appalachia

Gebremariam, Gebremeskel; Gebremedhin, Tesfa; … - Regional Research Institute (RRI), West Virginia University - 2007

This study develops a five-equation simultaneous system in a partial lag-adjustment growth-equilibrium framework. It improved previous models in the growth-equilibrium tradition by explicitly modeling local government and regional income in the growth process. It also explicitly modeled gross...

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Factors Influencing Venture Capital Availability in Rural States: Possible Lessons Learned from West Virginia

Hughes, David; Mallory, Kris; Szabo, Mihaela - Regional Research Institute (RRI), West Virginia University - 2005

, knowledge of natural resource based sectors, and the impact of distance on venture capital investments in rural areas. Survey … knowledge concerning natural resource based businesses was not a deterrent. Survey results strongly indicate that companies … firms or even the basic nature of venture capital. Survey results support the contentions that a lack of deal flow and …

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Effects of Zoning on Residential Option Value

Young, Jonathan - Regional Research Institute (RRI), West Virginia University - 2004

Knowing more precisely how zoning affects housing value would allow policy-makers to improve long-term policy decisions. Previous studies have concluded that local zoning regulations affect residential option value. These studies, however, do not specify the magnitude of the effect for varying...

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Location-Specific Amenities, Equilibrium, and Constraints on Location Choices

Cushing, Brian - Regional Research Institute (RRI), West Virginia University - 2004

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Methodological Challenges and Institutional Barriers in the Use of Experimental Method for the Evaluation of Business Incubators: Lessons from the US, EU, and China

Yu, Junbo; Nikjamp, Peter Nijkamp - Regional Research Institute (RRI), West Virginia University - 2010

Despite their worldwide adoption by policy makers as the Holy Grail for entrepreneurship and business development, the effectiveness of business incubation programs remain elusive, primarily plagued by untenable evaluation methods. This paper develops an in-depth analysis on those methodological...

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Pull Factor Estimates for Retail Sales in West Virginia Counties

Hughes, David - Regional Research Institute (RRI), West Virginia University - 2004

Pull factors provide a measure of retail trade capture. Pull factors for total and twelve subcategories of retail sales for all West Virginia Counties are analyzed based on 1997 Census of Retail Trade data. A method for estimating missing data points and the use of Rand-McNally trade regions...

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Issues in the Implementation of Interregional Commodity by Industry Input-Output Models

Jackson, Randall; Schwarm, Walter - Regional Research Institute (RRI), West Virginia University - 2007

A number of procedures for generating interregional commodity by industry accounts have been developed recently (Canning and Zhi, 2005; Robinson and Liu, 2006; Jackson et al, 2006; Lindall, Olsen and Alward 2006). While each approach shares a common organizational framework, very little attention has been...

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