The Economic Impact of Investment in the Food Processing Industry in US Rural Counties: The Case of Scott County, Virginia

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dc.contributor.authorTanellari, Eftilaen
dc.contributor.committeechairReaves, Dixie Wattsen
dc.contributor.committeememberCoale, Charles W. Jr.en
dc.contributor.committeememberTaylor, Daniel B.en
dc.contributor.departmentAgricultural and Applied Economicsen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:36:13Zen
dc.date.adate2005-06-16en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:36:13Zen
dc.date.issued2005-02-24en
dc.date.rdate2005-06-16en
dc.date.sdate2005-05-16en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the economic impact of two alternative canning plant sizes in Scott County, Virginia. The impacts of a community cannery as well as a commercial cannery are analyzed with respect to changes in output, employment, and income. Several uses for the commercial cannery are considered, such as specialization in different product categories. In both cases, an input-output model is used to evaluate the effects of the operation of the cannery in the county. The results indicate that the impact of the commercial cannery is significantly larger than the community cannery. Specialization of the commercial cannery in the Canned Specialties sector has the largest impact with respect to industry output and labor income while specialization in the Sausages and Other Prepared Meats sector has the largest impact with respect to employment.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05162005-085652en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05162005-085652/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/42675en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartAbstract_and_Table_of_Contents.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartTotal_Thesis.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectimpact analysisen
dc.subjectIMPLANen
dc.subjectInput-output modelen
dc.titleThe Economic Impact of Investment in the Food Processing Industry in US Rural Counties: The Case of Scott County, Virginiaen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineAgricultural and Applied Economicsen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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