Regional industrialization efforts include industrial recruitment, entrepreneurial and small business development, and business retention and expansion programs. Recently, many states and communities have targeted their industrialization programs at specific industries to promote the development...

The purpose of this report is to estimate short-and long-run labor market adjustments associated with employment change for South Carolina counties. An appreciation of the source of employees for new jobs enables community leaders to better select the appropriate level of industrial incentives...

If the average real income of the an American citizen had grown at a rate of 2% over the last 30 years, rather than actual 1%, it would have increased current per capita income by roughly 34%. For the period of 1970 to 2000, the annual per capita income growth rates for the counties of the...

ABSTRACTSTaxes on environmental externalities have long been recognized in the economics literature as a cost-effective mechanism for reducing the costs of environmental degradation. However, in recent years there has been substantial interest in other possible benefits from environmental taxes,...

In the economic growth literature there have been numerous theoretical and empirical studies that examined a multitude of potential factors and policies affecting economic growth, primarily public policies such as infrastructure, education, and taxes. While we have some understanding of how...