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Geographic Information Systems and Applied Economics: An Initial Discussion of Potential Applications and Contributions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2016

Richard Taupier  and
Cleve Willis
Richard Taupier
Affiliation:
Office of Geographic Information and Analysis, Blaisdell House, Box 30820, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003–0820
Cleve Willis
Affiliation:
Resource Economics, Draper Hall, Box 32040, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003–2040
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Abstract

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are becoming increasingly important to virtually all of the natural and social sciences. Applied economists will find that GIS can make valuable contributions to many of the problems with which they are concerned. Moreover, a great deal of the science behind GIS technology would benefit from the contributions of applied economists. This paper presents some initial suggestions for the ways in which GIS may be important to economics and the GIS related issues concerning which applied economists could provide useful insights.

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Agricultural and Resource Economics Review , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , October 1994 , pp. 140 - 149
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Copyright © 1994 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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