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Geographic and Temporal Heterogeneity in Public Prescription Pharmaceutical Expenditures in Spain

Lauridsen, Jorgen; Bech, Mickael; Lopez, Fernando; Mate … - In: The Review of Regional Studies 38 (2008) 1, pp. 89-103

A panel of aggregate data for 50 provinces is used to analyze Spain's per capita public pharmaceutical expenditures. In contrast to previous practice, our approach permits the analysis of the effects determinants on pharmaceutical expenditure to be heterogeneous across years and provinces....

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Do Geographic Entry Restrictions Increase Car Prices?

Walden, Michael L. - In: The Review of Regional Studies 35 (2005) 2, pp. 231-45

Many states allow existing retail vehicle dealerships to challenge the entry of new competitors. Earlier studies found … work was also conducted prior to the development of Internet shopping. This study tests the impact of state entry … restrictions using a new data set that addresses these issues. Regression analysis finds that states having entry restrictions on …

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Regional Policies and Economic Growth: One Size Does Not Fit All

Nizalov, Denys; Loveridge, Scott - In: The Review of Regional Studies 35 (2005) 3, pp. 266-90

We analyze the impact of economic development policies and highway infrastructure improvements on growth of per capita income and jobs in Michigan counties. The policies considered for analysis have significant impact on growth outcomes. However, this effect is non-linear. Significant...

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Local Labor Markets and Child Poverty

Strand, Alexander; Fisher, Robin C. - In: The Review of Regional Studies 33 (2003) 3, pp. 296-312

This study uses modeled Small Area Estimates data to analyze the labor market influences on child poverty rates in local areas. These data support analysis of small geographic areas as well as at different points of the business cycle. Statistical tests appropriate for data with geographic and...

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Spatial Variations in the Role of Microenterprises in Economic Growth

Deller, Steven C. - In: The Review of Regional Studies 40 (2010) 1, pp. 71-97

Using U.S. county data from 1990 and 2000, a family of spatial models examining growth in population and employment are reported. Special attention is paid to the role of microenterprises--firms with less than five employees--in predicting economic growth. Results suggest that microenterprises...

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Forecasting Input Demand Shocks on China's Gross Value of Agricultural Output

Lambert, Dayton M.; Cho, Seong-Hoon - In: The Review of Regional Studies 38 (2008) 3, pp. 343-59

This paper applies recent developments in forecasting spatial process models to estimate the impact of input shocks on China's 1999 gross value added output (GVAO) in agriculture. A Cobb-Douglas production function allowing total factor productivity to vary across regions is used to forecast the...

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Examining Diet Quality and Body Mass Index in Rural Areas Using a Quantile Regression Framework

Asirvatham, Jebaraj - In: The Review of Regional Studies 39 (2009) 2, pp. 149-69

Under- and overeating (based on calories) are different problems than being under- and overweight (based on BMI); they thus require different economic prescriptions. To study these differences, I use a quantile regression method that allows an examination of covariate effects at different points...

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Pioneers of Rural Sprawl in the Rocky Mountain West

Weiler, Stephan; Theobald, David - In: The Review of Regional Studies 33 (2003) 3, pp. 264-83

Urban sprawl has been criticized for its disproportionate impact on the environment. Yet urban areas are in fact less land-intensive than recent rural development patterns. Residential first-movers into such virgin areas may spark waves of ensuing development without incorporating the true...

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The Productive Efficiency of the Health Care Sector of China

Ng, Ying Chu - In: The Review of Regional Studies 38 (2008) 3, pp. 381-93

Based on four years of province-level health care data, this paper analyzes the productive efficiency of China's health care sector in the post reform period. Data envelopment analysis is used to compute efficiency measures, which indicate that there was still room for improvement in the...

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Understanding Firms' Relocation and Expansion Decisions Using Self-Reported Factor Importance Rating

Hu, Wuyang; Cox, Linda J.; Wright, Joan; Harris, Thomas R. - In: The Review of Regional Studies 38 (2008) 1, pp. 67-88

firms' internal characteristics, features of location sites, and the general economic environment may affect firms' past and …

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