The economic status of rural America in the president trump era and beyond

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 97-118

  Goetz, Stephan J ^a   Partridge, Mark D ^b   Stephens, Heather M ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Evaluation; Methods; Regional policy; Rural economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85043466368     PISSN: 20405790     EISSN: 20405804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aepp/ppx061     Document Type: Article

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