China has seen the fruit of its rapid economic growth over the past two decades, but severe environmental problems have accompanied this, such as the looming danger of Asian Brown Clouds. This paper analyzes the regional development of China by examining economic performance as well as environmental factors. Technical efficiency and productivity changes of thirty-one regions in China during the...

Title of Dissertation: THREE ESSAYS ON NON-BALANCED ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY, AND THE REGULATION OF PUBLIC LAND IN THE UNITED STATES Michael H. Taylor, Doctor of Philosophy, 2014 Dissertation directed by: Professor Robert G. Chambers Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics This dissertation is comprised of three essays. The first essay, "The Spatial Consequences of Non-Bala...

An endogenous growth model is developed to explore the effect of work and income sharing (WIS) on economic growth and welfare in a developing rural economy. The practice of WIS is a mechanism which converts incremental diversity of risk into volatility reduction and overall welfare gain. However, the effect on economic growth is sector specific. WIS in the intermediate goods sector has a pro-gr...

In the globalization context and competitiveness, the role of a university is further enhanced. University is no longer confined to traditional roles. Universities need to interact with others in order to be relevant and progressive. Symbiosis relationships between the university and industry are very significant because the relationship between those two can foster economic development of a na...

Asia is one of the world’s most rapidly developing regions. Even so, the majority of Asian countries continue to experience slow-moderate rates of economic growth, high inflation, rapid population growth, and comparatively high levels of ethnic tension and civil unrest. Poverty, ill-health, and broad-based maldevelopment also continue to be major features of Asian social development. In general...

This study provides a multidimensional analysis of sustainable socio-economic development and its challenges in the rural areas of Ukraine. The methodology of realization of sustainable development’s conceptual provisions was created. The advantages of using indicative assessment at the regional level were justified. The methodical approach how to define the indicators of sustainable developmen...

Across U.S. regions, the idea that the resilient region of the future is an economically diverse one has gained increasing popularity. To diversify and adapt to change, many regional plans propose supporting knowledge-based sectors, such as biotechnology, and using livable, walkable (re)development to boost economic activity. This concern for resilience and its perceived connection to economic ...