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Exports, Impacts, and Locations of Services Producers

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  • Shirley L. Porterfield

    (Rural Policy Research Institute, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211 USA)

  • Glen C. Pulver

    (Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706)

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Policymakers concerned with regional economic development would do well to consider the growing importance of the services-producing sector of the economy. Although, services producers historically have not been targets for basic development, this paper provides evidence that some services producers could contribute as much to the local economy as the manufacturing sector. A survey of selected manufacturers and services producers in the Upper Midwest yielded four major conclusions. Firms in selected services-producing industries make a large proportion of their sales to extraregional customers; although the services-producing firms studied have lower annual sales than the selected manufacturers, their relative impact on regional economic growth is potentially larger than that of many manufacturing firms because of strong backward linkages to the local economy; services-producing firms which are active exporters tend to be larger and to be regional offices or headquarters; and many selected services producers are able to export from rural locations.

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  • Shirley L. Porterfield & Glen C. Pulver, 1991. "Exports, Impacts, and Locations of Services Producers," International Regional Science Review, , vol. 14(1), pages 41-59, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:inrsre:v:14:y:1991:i:1:p:41-59
    DOI: 10.1177/016001769101400103
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    1. Stephen M. Smith, 1984. "Export Orientation of Nonmanufacturing Businesses in Nonmetropolitan Communities," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 66(2), pages 145-155.
    2. John M. L. Gruenstein & Sally Guerra, 1981. "Can services sustain a regional economy?," Business Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, issue Jul/Aug, pages 15-27.
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    1. Hirasuna, Donald P. & Pulver, Glen C., 1998. "The Income Effects of Public Subsidies to Traded Services," The Review of Regional Studies, Southern Regional Science Association, vol. 28(3), pages 43-64, Winter.
    2. William B. Beyers, 1996. "Trends in producer services growth in the rural heartland," Monograph, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, number 1996tipsgitr.

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