This report gives a comprehensive overview of a three-year extension education program designed to provide educational/technical assistance to the tourism industry serving the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) in northeastern Minnesota.

Demand functions for teaching, research and extension (TRE) personnel in seven administrative units of U.S. agricultural experiment stations are estimated from panel data, decennial observations, 1950 to 1987. The results reveal that the demand for the services of TRE personnel has not declined...

Replaced with revised version of paper 01/30/06.

Scholarly societies in economics (and many other professions) are clubs that provide members with a range of club goods, many of which have broader and economically significant spillover consequences for society at large. Yet surprisingly little is known about the historical evolution or current...

Ten mineral-related industries in Minnesota are identified in this report and their economic importance is measured in terms of industry sales, jobs and income originating in the industries and received by various economic units. Less than 50 thousand of the 1.9 million jobs in Minnesota were...