This paper investigates the preferences of manufacturers in deciding whether to locate in metropolitan or nonmetropolitan (rural) areas. Using 1997 state-level data and OLS regression estimation, it was determined that nondurable goods manufacturers prefer rural areas, while durable goods...

Central place theory and economic base theory are used to specify a model that describes rural personal income in the U.S. OLS regressions using annual 1969-2005 data show that rural income is significantly determined by metropolitan personal income and farm prices, as well as energy prices. The...

Different studies have arrived at different conclusions as to whether foreign direct investors in the United States prefer urban or rural locations. Location in "exurban" areas may explain this inconsistency. Using employment per square mile as a measure of urbanization, this study uses 2002...

This paper examines the extent to which multinational firms operating in the United States, through their locational investments, prefer more rural states over more urban states. Using state-level data for 2000 and using OLS, it was determined that such firms do prefer more rural states....

This paper examines the extent to which multinational firms operating in the United States, through their locational investments, prefer more rural states over more urban states. Using state-level data for 2000 and using OLS, it was determined that such firms do prefer more rural states....