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Poverty and Place across the United States
Lobao, Linda; Jeanty, P. Wilner; Partridge, Mark; … - In: International Regional Science Review 35 (2012) 2, pp. 158-187
Many researchers advocate active local government responses to poverty and other economic disparities. In doing so, they raise a generally unexplored question: can local governments themselves influence poverty net of other determinants? This study extends past research in two ways by (1)...
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From SpaceStat to CyberGIS
Anselin, Luc - In: International Regional Science Review 35 (2012) 2, pp. 131-157
This essay assesses the evolution of the way in which spatial data analytical methods have been incorporated into …
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What Factors Affect Information Technology Firm Location Choices in Middle America? An Examination of Regional and Industrial Variation in Kansas
Cader, Hanas A.; Crespi, John M.; Leatherman, John C. - In: International Regional Science Review 36 (2013) 2, pp. 207-234
The importance of information technologies in regional economic performance is widely accepted but only widely studied in more populous regions in the United States. Local and state development practitioners and policy makers actively court and promote Information Technology...
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Corridor Location for Infrastructure Development
Medrano, F. Antonio; Church, Richard L. - In: International Regional Science Review 37 (2014) 2, pp. 129-148
Corridor location for developing new infrastructure such as transmission lines, roadways, and pipelines over terrain must consider numerous factors when determining the set of optimal route candidates. Previous researchers have cast this problem as a multiobjective least cost path problem, where...
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Identification and Differentiation of Urban Centers in Phoenix Through a Multi-Criteria Kernel-Density Approach
Leslie, Timothy F. - In: International Regional Science Review 33 (2010) 2, pp. 205-235
on their focus of secondary, retail, or high-order emphasis. A conditional logit model is used to show how each center …
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Partial Adjustment Analysis of Income and Jobs, and Growth Regimes in the Appalachian Region with Smooth Transition Spatial Process Models
Lambert, Dayton M.; Xu, Wan; Florax, Raymond J. G. M. - In: International Regional Science Review 37 (2014) 3, pp. 328-364
In this application, income and job growth in the eastern United States are explained using a partial adjustment model …
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Isserman’s Impact
Feser, Edward - In: International Regional Science Review 36 (2013) 1, pp. 44-68
, observational studies methodology in statistics, and the growing interest in experimental and nonexperimental (natural) designs in … units of analysis. There is still progress to be made in improving matching methods, making more extensive use of time …
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The Hoover Index of Population Concentration and the Demographic Components of Change
Rogerson, Peter A.; Plane, David A. - In: International Regional Science Review 36 (2013) 1, pp. 97-114
The Hoover Index is the most widely used measure for assessing the concentration or deconcentration tendencies of a country’s evolving population distribution. In this article, the authors propose alternative variants of the index designed to explore the influences of the various...
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Changing Racial and Poverty Segregation in Large US Metropolitan Areas, 1970–2009
Madden, Janice Fanning - In: International Regional Science Review 37 (2014) 1, pp. 9-35
(MAs) from 1970 to 2009, a fixed effect model measures the relationship of a census tract’s end of the decade proportions …
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Selecting Optimal Prices and Outpost Locations for Rural Vaccination Campaigns
Kim, Dohyeong; Lauria, Donald T.; Whittington, Dale - In: International Regional Science Review 37 (2014) 4, pp. 436-458
consideration. This article develops and applies an optimization model for planning vaccination programs. The model determines what … price to charge, how many vaccination outposts to use, where to locate them, and what capacities they need. The model uses … assumes that costs must be covered by user fees. The model determined that the number of outposts to use for maximizing …
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