The Role of Publicly Provided Electricity in Economic Development
The Experience of the Tennessee Valley Authority, 1929-1955
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4757778 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carl Kitchens (0000-0003-3839-9400, University of Mississippi, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 389-419 |
| Publication date | 2014-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Economic History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0507 • E-ISSN: 1471-6372 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022050714000308 |
| OpenAlex | W2031989850 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 14 |
I study the impacts of one of the largest regional development projects in American History, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), on a variety of economic outcomes. The TVA has been noted as an example of how to develop a region's water power potential to stimulate growth. In what follows, I show using a county-level panel dataset, that the TVA had little impact on economic growth in the South. I attribute these results to the institutional history of the TVA and the contractual agreements it signed in an effort to expand its service territory."...as a pebble dropped in a pond causes ripples to flow outward to the surrounding shores, the influence of TVA'slow rates flows outward to surrounding areas..."TVA's Influence on Electric Rates 1965
Business · Economics · Economy · Electricity · Fishery · Geography · Pebble · Service (business) · Shore · Variety (cybernetics) · Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies · Engineering · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Water resources management and optimization
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| Unique citing works | 14 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |