Spread and Backwash Effects for Non-Metropolitan Communities in the U.S
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-2013
Publication Title
Journal of Regional Science
Abstract
Few studies empirically estimate the effects of metropolitan growth on nonmetropolitan communities at a national scale. This paper estimates the growth effects of 276 MSAs on population in 1,988 nonmetropolitan communities in the United States from 2000 to 2007. We estimate the distance for growth spillovers from MSAs to nonmetropolitan communities and test the assumption that a single MSA influences growth. We compare three methods of weighting cities’ influence: nearest city only, inverse-distance, and relative commuting flow to multiple cities. We find the inverse-distance approach provides slightly more reliable and theoretically supportable results than the traditional nearest city approach.
Repository Citation
Ganning, Joanna; Baylis, Kathy; and Lee, Bumsoo, "Spread and Backwash Effects for Non-Metropolitan Communities in the U.S" (2013). All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications. 0 1 2 3 1435.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/urban_facpub/1435
DOI
10.1111/jors.12026
Volume
53
Issue
3
