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Business Establishment Growth in the Appalachian Region, 2000-2007: An Application of Smooth Transition Spatial Process Models

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 January 2015

Wan Xu  and
Dayton M. Lambert
Wan Xu
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
Dayton M. Lambert
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
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Abstract

Business establishment growth in the Appalachian region (2000-2007) was regressed on industry sector composition controlling for demographic, physical, and economic determinants. We test the hypothesis that local response to growth determinants is geographically heterogeneous using Smooth Transition spatial process models. This class of models exhibiting endogenous regime switching behavior provides another tool for exploring the spatially heterogeneous effects of local determinants on economic growth.

Keywords

Appalachiabusiness establishment growthsmooth transition modelsspatial processesC21C51047R11
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 43 , Issue 3 , August 2011 , pp. 309 - 324
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 2011

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