Firms' participation in exporting or foreign direct investment is an extremely rare behavior: only 4 percent of over 5.5 million U.S. firms were exporters in 2000. Exporters are generally larger (e.g. output and employment) and more productive than firms serving only domestic markets. Such heterogeneity within a narrowly defined industry...
Since the eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18,1980, the rural communities within its shadow have experienced tremendous change. Tourism has become a highly visible and somewhat controversial component of change in the region, and its importance to local economies has increased. As a result of increased tourism development...
Over the last two decades the Republic of Korea (South Korea) has become an increasingly important market for U.S. wheat. It is now a particularly important market for white wheat produced in the Pacific Northwest. This bulletin tracks the history of U.S.-Korean trade in wheat. It describes the Korean wheat...