A structural model of regional economic growth is estimated using data for 2243 rural US
counties. Five indices designed to capture specific amenity and quality of life characteristics …

There is an extensive literature in regional science focusing on economic and regional
development in which the role of urban amenities and disamenities has been used to model …

Contemporary resource management practice and rural development planning increasingly
emphasize the integration of resource extractive industries with non‐market‐based …

The US population has been migrating to places with high perceived quality of life.
Theoretically, such migration can follow from the increasing demand for amenities that …

Most discussions of rural sustainability have focused on the ecological stance against
economic growth and development (Audirac 1997). At its core, sustainability refers to the …

Implicit markets capture compensation for intraurban and interregional differences in
amenities and yield differences in housing prices and wages. These pecuniary differences …

A hedonic model of Illinois farmland values is estimated using county‐level cross‐section
time‐series data. Explanatory variables include land productivity, parcel size, improvements …

This paper examines the continued strong population growth in US nonmetropolitan areas
possessing high levels of natural amenities during the 1990s and the reasons for near …

The argument for using amenities as an economic development tool appears to be a
powerful one. Even if such a strategy failed to attract industry, constituents presumably …

This research focuses on the relative impact of place luck and economic development policy
in contributing to long-term economic growth. Using a unique national data set composed of …