The Effect of Federal Wilderness on County Growth in the Intermountain Western United States
The Effect of Federal Wilderness on County Growth in the Intermountain Western United States
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联邦荒野对美国西部山间县县增长的影响
DOI：
10.1111/0022-4146.00084
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发表时间：
1998
影响因子：
3
通讯作者：
Kevin T. Duffy
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作者：
Kevin T. Duffy
在美国西部山间联邦拥有的荒野地区的辩论中，一个一致的主题是，当地经济可能会受到这种指定的不利影响。然而，这种负面影响的经验证据很少提供。本文发现，250个非城市县的8个州的山间西部的样本，没有证据表明，联邦荒野的存在是直接或间接地与人口密度或总就业密度的增长在1980年和1990年之间。这一经验发现是基于人口和就业增长的非均衡模型。此外，对荒野指定的经济关注主要集中在其对资源型产业的影响上。然而，这项研究没有发现任何经验证据表明，县级资源为基础的就业受到不利影响的存在联邦荒野。
A consistent theme in the debate over federally-owned wilderness areas in the intermountain western United States is that local economies may be adversely affected by such a designation. Yet empirical evidence of this negative effect is rarely offered. This paper finds, for a sample of 250 nonurban counties in the eight states of the intermountain west, no evidence that the existence of federal wilderness is directly or indirectly associated with either population-density or total-employment-density growth between 1980 and 1990. This empirical finding is based on a disequilibrium model of population and employment growth. Furthermore, much of the economic concern over wilderness designation centers on its perceived effect on resource-based industries. Yet, this study finds no empirical evidence that county-level resource-based employment is adversely affected by the existence of federal wilderness.