Should the national government undertake policies aimed at strengthening the economies
of particular localities or regions? Agglomeration economies and human capital spillovers …

Using a newly developed geographic information system transportation database, we study
the impact of gaining access to rail transportation on changes in population density and the …

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 …

Research by economists and economic historians has greatly expanded our knowledge of
labor markets and real wages in the United States since the Civil War, but the period from …

Between 1830 and 1860 the United States experienced rapid economic growth but
declining stature and rising mortality. Debate has centered on whether the American diet …

In addition, improved transportation reduced the cost of raw materials, and if these were
complementary to capital goods that raised the productivity of unskilled labor, optimal firm …

Transportation improvements in the nineteenth century loom large in the historiography of
the profession during the twentieth century. This article describes the ongoing construction …

We review historical patterns of economic geography for the United States from the colonial
period to the present day. The analysis is framed in terms of two geographic scales: regions …

During the 1850s, the amount of farmland in the United States increased by 40 million
hectares (100 million acres), or more than one-third. Moreover, almost 20 million hectares …

Considerable increases of farmland prices have led to discussions as to whether stronger
interventions in farmland markets are necessary or not. However, altered or new …