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The Influence of Input Availability and Market Access on Industrial Growth: A Conceptual and Empirical Investigation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2017

Steven E. Hastings  and
Frank M. Goode
Steven E. Hastings
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University
Frank M. Goode
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University
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The Report of the President's Task Force on Rural Development, issued in 1970, makes recommendations as to what might be done in the public and private sectors to stimulate the economic and social development of the rural communities of America. Although these recommendations include such things as financial investment, expanding educational facilities and programs to increase the nutritional level in rural communities, the report maintains that the creation of employment opportunities in rural communities is a most essential part of their economic and social development. Since manufacturing activities are one possible source of jobs in rural areas, it is relevant to determine what factors influence the growth (location of new establishments or expansion of existing ones) of manufacturing industries in rural areas.

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Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , October 1977 , pp. 238 - 249
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Copyright © Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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The authors wish to thank J. Dean Jansma, Theodore E. Fuller, Dale K. Colyer, and an anonymous reviewer for their constructive comments on this paper. Paper No. 5328 of the Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment Station.

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