The Stimulus of Federal Investments in Research and Development, Manufacturing and Miscellaneous Facilities, 1939-1990

[9320043]胡克斯这是一项对1954-1990年期间联邦支出和投资提供的地区刺激的研究，按县划分。它将以有关二战联邦投资的现有数据为基础，对总务管理局关于联邦财产的报告中包含的数据进行编码，并根据所执行的功能（研究和开发、工业、行政和杂项）和控制装置的机构进行分类。分析将检查这些设施对县级增长的几个方面的影响：制造业增加值、就业、工资水平和劳动力的教育水平。除了解决社会科学家关注的核心问题外，本研究还将为政策制定者提供有价值的信息，这些决策者正在就冷战后时代联邦投资和主要合同的重新定向做出决策。具体地说，人们普遍关切的是，那些主要军事设施正在关闭或规模正在缩小的国家将在今后几年经历严重的经济混乱。此外，对于联邦政府拥有的有毒废物场址，特别是那些用于核武器生产的有毒废物场址，可能会抑制当地经济增长的可能性，存在很大分歧。由于数据集将包括注定要关闭的军事基地和有毒废物场，这项研究产生的结果可以帮助决策者预测哪些国家将经历最严重的经济混乱。＊＊＊

9320043 Hooks This is a study of the regional stimulus provided by federal outlays and investments, by county, over the period 1954-1990. It will build on existing data concerning World War II federal investments by encoding data contained in General Services Administration reports on federal properties, classified according to the function performed (research and development, industrial, administrative, and miscellaneous) and by the agency controlling the installation. Analysis will examine the effects of these facilities on several dimensions of county-level growth: value added in manufacturing, employment, wage levels, and education level of the work force. %%% In addition to addressing issues of central concern to social scientists, this research will generate valuable information for the policy makers who are making decisions concerning the redirection of federal investments and prime contracts in the post Cold War era. Specifically, there is widespread concern that counties in which major military installations are being closed or reduced in size will experience significant economic dislocation in the coming years. Additionally, there exists much disagreement over the possibility that federally-owned toxic waste sites, especially those used for nuclear weapons production, may inhibit local economic growth. Because the data set will include military bases destined to close and toxic waste sites, the findings generated by this research can assist policy makers to anticipate which counties will experience the greatest economic dislocation. ***