@article{Zekeri:334307,
      recid = {334307},
      author = {Zekeri, Andrew},
      title = {Factors Associated with Attracting Business and Industry  to Selected Black Belt Counties of Alabama},
      journal = {Professional Agricultural Workers Journal (PAWJ)},
      address = {2022},
      number = {174-2023-950},
      year = {2022},
      abstract = {There is limited recent research on the economic  development strategies that local officials, state, and  federal governments are employing in rural Alabama. To  better understand these strategies, the data were collected  from local community officials in two rural Alabama  counties. The objectives are to examine what efforts are  being used, and what resources are available for economic  development efforts. Data were analyzed using hierarchical  regression analyses to test the hypothesis that past  community action and community solidarity variables can  contribute to a higher probability of recruiting business  and industry than will be predicted by the ecological  characteristics of the communities alone. The findings  indicate past community action has a substantial positive  effect and is, in fact, the best predictor of efforts to  recruit business and industry among several variables  selected from the previous literature.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/334307},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.334307},
}