Development and Use of a Supply-determined Social Accounting Matrix to Evaluate Economic Impacts of Forest Productivity on Distribution of Regional Factor Income

This dissertation identifies the distributional impacts of forest productivity on sources of regional factor income. It is the first analysis which quantifies the interrelationships between generation of factor income resulting from timber production and its distribution throughout a regional economy. Specifically identifying which income levels are impacted and the extent of this impact allows macroeconomic assessment of policies concerned with the benefits of natural resource management to regional populations. This analysis provides quantification of economic development within a region. It is the distinction between economic development and economic growth that provides uniqueness to this study. The primary focus of this dissertation is on the distribution of factor income throughout a regional society. Due to the inextricable nature of social welfare and income generation, economic development is an appropriate term applied when referring to issues dealing with equity of resource use and the distribution of income. This is contrasted with the less specific term economic growth, which, in this context, is taken to simply refer to increasing the total income within a region regardless of its distribution to specific income groups.The purpose of this dissertation is to construct a rational model which quantifies the distribution of factor income and allows prediction of socioeconomic impacts resulting from management of timber resources. This model also assesses the distributional impacts that processing of these renewable raw materials exhibit throughout the regional economy.This dissertation uses procedural technique, published data sources, computer databases operated interactively, and quantitative specification as a basis for drawing conclusions. Whenever possible, data specific to the region under analysis is used. If not available, data specific to other regions is applied with appropriate specification of assumptions and adjustments.Agricultural Economic

Regional Dependence and Location of the Wood Products Sector in the Northeastern United States: Unique Attributes of an Export-Based Industry

Natural resources have long been a source of both raw material supply and value added manufacturing in many rural regions across North America. Contemporary resource management and rural development planning increasingly emphasize the integration of raw material production with forward-linked processing activities. Empirical studies suggest that wood processors locate proximate to raw material supplies. Assessing the regional firm location decisions of wood processors, however, raises important and complex issues of sectoral heterogeneity. In this paper, we initiate analysis of firm location in three wood processing sub-sectors through descriptive location quotients of primary, secondary, and reconstituted wood products manufacturing sectors. Explanatory variables that support these sectoral specific location quotients include proxies for raw material inputs and output markets. Results suggest that important differences exist in locational dependency attributes between wood products sub-sectors

Computable General Equilibrium Modeling for Regional Analysis

Partial equilibrium analysis illustrates results for one market at a time. However, there often exist market interactions and thus market feedbacks. Pricing outcomes in one market usually have effects in other markets, and these effects, in turn, create ripples throughout the economy, perhaps even to the extent of affecting the price-quantity equilibrium in the original market. To represent this complex set of economic relationships, it is necessary to go beyond partial equilibrium analysis and construct a model that permits viewing many markets simultaneously. This Web Book provides an introduction to and overview of the general equilibrium modeling framework in the context of regional analysis.https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/rri-web-book/1023/thumbnail.jp

Mitochondrial physiology

As the knowledge base and importance of mitochondrial physiology to evolution, health and disease expands, the necessity for harmonizing the terminology concerning mitochondrial respiratory states and rates has become increasingly apparent. The chemiosmotic theory establishes the mechanism of energy transformation and coupling in oxidative phosphorylation. The unifying concept of the protonmotive force provides the framework for developing a consistent theoretical foundation of mitochondrial physiology and bioenergetics. We follow the latest SI guidelines and those of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) on terminology in physical chemistry, extended by considerations of open systems and thermodynamics of irreversible processes. The concept-driven constructive terminology incorporates the meaning of each quantity and aligns concepts and symbols with the nomenclature of classical bioenergetics. We endeavour to provide a balanced view of mitochondrial respiratory control and a critical discussion on reporting data of mitochondrial respiration in terms of metabolic flows and fluxes. Uniform standards for evaluation of respiratory states and rates will ultimately contribute to reproducibility between laboratories and thus support the development of data repositories of mitochondrial respiratory function in species, tissues, and cells. Clarity of concept and consistency of nomenclature facilitate effective transdisciplinary communication, education, and ultimately further discovery

Mitochondrial physiology

As the knowledge base and importance of mitochondrial physiology to evolution, health and disease expands, the necessity for harmonizing the terminology concerning mitochondrial respiratory states and rates has become increasingly apparent. The chemiosmotic theory establishes the mechanism of energy transformation and coupling in oxidative phosphorylation. The unifying concept of the protonmotive force provides the framework for developing a consistent theoretical foundation of mitochondrial physiology and bioenergetics. We follow the latest SI guidelines and those of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) on terminology in physical chemistry, extended by considerations of open systems and thermodynamics of irreversible processes. The concept-driven constructive terminology incorporates the meaning of each quantity and aligns concepts and symbols with the nomenclature of classical bioenergetics. We endeavour to provide a balanced view of mitochondrial respiratory control and a critical discussion on reporting data of mitochondrial respiration in terms of metabolic flows and fluxes. Uniform standards for evaluation of respiratory states and rates will ultimately contribute to reproducibility between laboratories and thus support the development of data repositories of mitochondrial respiratory function in species, tissues, and cells. Clarity of concept and consistency of nomenclature facilitate effective transdisciplinary communication, education, and ultimately further discovery

“Boosting” Tourism as Rural Public Policy: Panacea or Pandora’s Box?

Tourism promotion represents popular public policy because of its focus on image improvement. After all, what politician would criticize efforts to “boost” the perception of one’s own state and advertise the resources that draw attention, visitation, and positive notoriety? Indeed, promoting tourism is a political nobrainer. But, political convenience does not necessarily convey long-term societal improvement. Does it make good policy sense from the standpoint of rural development? Are increased levels of tourism in the best interest of communities affected by tourists? Are the jobs created by tourism the types of jobs needed by people in rural America? This paper argues that states should move away from traditional “boosterism” approaches that focus simply on stimulating tourism demand toward more integrative planning frameworks that focus on the real costs and benefits of tourism growth

Isolating the Effect of Natural Amenities on Population Change at the Local Level

Chi G. and Marcouiller D. W. Isolating the effect of natural amenities on population change at the local level, Regional Studies. As latent production inputs, natural amenities are thought to serve as the basis for a variety of regional effects. In this study, natural amenity and socio-economic conditions were analysed with respect to population growth empirically estimated at the municipal level in an amenity-rich lakes region of the North Central United States from 1970 to 2000 with a specific focus on spatial relationships. The limited results suggest mixed effects that confirm an increased amenity influence as one of many factors that drive localized population change. [image omitted] Chi G. et Marcouiller D. W. Isoler l'effet des amenites naturelles sur la variation demographique au niveau local, Regional Studies. On pense que les amenites naturelles, en tant que facteurs de production latents, sont a l'origine d'effets regionaux multiples. Dans cette etude sur une region de lacs riche en amenites du Centre Nord des Etats-Unis, les caracteristiques socioeconomiques et d'amenites naturelles ont ete analysees par rapport a l'evolution demographique estimee au niveau communal sur la periode 1970-2000, avec un ciblage specifique des relations spatiales. Les resultats limites suggerent des impacts mitiges qui confirment un effet amenite accru mais parmi d'autres facteurs qui influencent la variation de population localisee. Amenites naturelles Evolution demographique Etat economique Econometrie spatiale Chi G. und Marcouiller D. W. Isolation der Auswirkung naturlicher Attraktionen auf demografische Veranderungen auf lokaler Ebene, Regional Studies. Naturliche Attraktionen gelten als latente Produktions-Inputs und als Grundlage fur die verschiedensten regionalen Auswirkungen. In dieser Studie analysieren wir die naturlichen Attraktionen und soziookonomischen Bedingungen hinsichtlich des auf Gemeindeebene empirisch geschatzten Bevolkerungswachstums in einer attraktionsreichen Seenregion im mittleren Norden der USA im Zeitraum von 1970 bis 2000 unter besonderer Beachtung der raumlichen Verhaltnisse. Die begrenzten Ergebnisse lassen auf gemischte Auswirkungen schliessen, die einen gestiegenen Einfluss der Attraktionen als einen von zahlreichen Faktoren bestatigen, die zu lokalisierten demografischen Veranderungen fuhren. Naturliche Attraktionen Demografische Veranderungen Wirtschaftsbedingungen Raumliche Okonometrie Chi G. y Marcouiller D. W. Aislamiento del efecto de comodidades naturales en el cambio de poblacion a nivel local, Regional Studies. Se considera que como aportaciones de produccion latente, los comodidades naturales sirven de base para una serie de efectos regionales. En este estudio, se analizaron los servicios naturales y las condiciones socioeconomicas con respecto al crecimiento de la poblacion calculado empiricamente a nivel municipal en una region de lagos rica en comodidades en la zona central norte de los Estados Unidos de 1970 a 2000 con un enfoque especifico en las relaciones espaciales. Los resultados limitados indican efectos mixtos que confirman un aumento en la influencia de las comodidades como uno de los muchos factores que impulsan el cambio localizado de la poblacion. Comodidades naturales Cambio de la poblacion Condiciones economicas Factores econometricos espacialesNatural amenities, Population change, Economic condition, Spatial econometrics,