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Economic Impacts of Regional Approaches to Rural Development: Initial Evidence on the Delta Regional Authority

Pender, John L.; Reeder, Richard J. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010

This study assesses the initial economic outcomes of the Delta Regional Authority (DRA), which began funding rural development projects in the Mississippi Delta region in 2002. The study focuses on non-metropolitan DRA counties and similar counties elsewhere in the Mississippi Delta region and...

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Rural Education and the 1990 Kentucky Educational Reform Act: Funding, Implementation and Research Issues

Goetz, Stephan J.; Debertin, David L. - Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky - 1991

After discussing basic principles of school finance, and comparing selected education-related variables in southeastern states, this paper examines how schools districts are financed in Kentucky. Emphasis is given to issues of funding adequacy, efficiency and equity, and the lawsuit culminating...

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Impacts of New Agricultural Technology on Real Growth in the US and KY Farm Economy:1949-1995

Debertin, David L. - Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky - 1997

It is widely believed that public and private research and educational activities have led to rapid advances in the production of crops and livestock, making farmers far better off than they would have been had these technological advances not taken place. The cash receipts data for the postwar...

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Per Capita Income Grows Faster in Delta Regional Authority Counties

Pender, John L.; Reeder, Richard J. - In: Amber Waves, 1

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A Structural County-Level Model of Human Capital Investment and Manufacturing Sector Change: 1980-90

Goetz, Stephan J.; Hu, Dayuan; Debertin, David L. - Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky - 1996

The objective of this paper is to empirically examine the relationship between changes in per capita manufacturing … employment, manufacturing earnings per worker and human capital investment in nearly 3,000 U.S. counties over the period 1980 …) in the 1980s were in a better position to stem the erosion of manufacturing jobs, and experienced more rapid increases in …

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Tax Incentives and Rural Economic Development

Debertin, David L. - Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky - 1993

Tax incentives by state and local governments to attract industrial development are undergoing another round of public criticism in the news media. There are those who argue that any form of economic incentive in an attempt to entice businesses to locate in a particular state or community is...

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A Comparison of Social Capital in Rural and Urban Settings

Debertin, David L. - Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky - 1996

This paper examines some of the ways in which social capital networks develop and operate and contrasts the differences between rural and urban settings based on "case study observations" of rural communities and urban subdivisions. A list of potential researchable questions involving social...

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Discussion: Rural Development Issues for Agricultural Economists in the Year 2000

Debertin, David L. - Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky - 1993

Rural America, over time, will become less distinct with respect to policies and institutions, and increasingly operate by the same set of rules and constraints that apply to the larger, urban-dominated, society. At what point will many rural institutions (such the Farm Credit Services, and the...

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David L. Debertin on... The Rural Health Care Dilemma

Debertin, David L. - In: Choices 06 (1991) 3

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Environmental Costs: Rough Weather Ahead for Small Communities?

Reeder, Richard J. - In: Choices 10 (1995) 3

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