This paper explores the potential for the Georgia’s schools to participate in the Farm to School program. Primary and …

This paper examined cost efficiency differences between rural hospitals participating in the Critical Access Hospital …-parametric approach as well as stochastic frontier analysis (SFA). CAHs receive Medicare cost-based reimbursement, in contrast with the … been associated with inefficiency in hospital operations and, consequently, concerns have been raised about the efficiency …

Small and limited resource farmers and landowners in the Alabama Black Belt region face many challenges as they seek to …—farmland conversion, urbanization pressures, reductions in water quality and availability, soil erosion, irregular cash flows, and … increased government regulation—make managing family farms or forestland a difficult task. In response to these challenges, many …

/or landowners’ decision to participate in the agritourism industry in Arkansas is affected by state government infrastructure. But …’s sponsored trainings in agritourism along with marketing and promotion are viewed as the most important factors in all studied … agencies can play an important role in the future to ensure the success of the newly developed agritourism industry in Arkansas. …

We introduce a modeling framework called Transaction Cost Economics to help decision makers in rural health care … markets choose among alternative organizational relationships in order to more cost-effectively deliver healthcare services …. In particular, the hospital-physician relationship is analyzed and the transactional attributes, institutional …

Two primary potable water-treatment technologies used in South Texas include conventional surface-water and reverse …

lower income neighborhoods, the U.S. Congress passed the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) in 1977. The CRA was introduced to … simply a case of supply and demand?" Are banks providing services where they are needed in order to improve profitability or … these more economically advanced areas? In this paper, we specifically examine the importance of higher levels of education …

Statistically predicted future tourism demand is used to conduct an economic impact analysis in twelve tourism zones in … the state of Arkansas. The analysis reveals spatial variability in employment, and output growth that will continue into … the future. Tourism has the potential as an economic growth engine for the state, especially in economically disadvantaged …

We study the link between economic growth and resource endowment in the southeastern United States and find signs of … Dutch Disease. Using data for 815 counties in this region, we focus attention on the connection between economic growth and …