Suicide rates for adolescents have doubled since 1970 and tripled since 1960, even as rates for other age groups have declined. Using a Becker-type model of household production and consumption, we demonstrate conditions under which utility maximizing parents allocate time away from...

The net income and fiscal impacts generated by manufacturing plants on local, county, and regional communities in southeastern Ohio are estimated. Use of incremental income instead of consumption to measure primary benefits results in an increase in ...

Regional policy makers have always wrestled in vain to come up with regional economic development policies that are coherent and uniform and can be defended on economic grounds. However, most policies are either ad hoc or based on political considerations. The relevant literature dealing with...