Does Agriculture Generate Local Economic Spillovers? Short-run and Long-run Evidence from the Ogallala Aquifer

Agricultural development may support broader economic development, though agricultural expansion may also crowd-out local non-agricultural activity. On the United States Plains, areas over the Ogallala aquifer experienced windfall agricultural gains when post-WWII technologies increased farmers'

农业发展或可助推整体经济发展，但农业扩张亦可能对当地非农经济活动产生挤出效应。在美国大平原地区，奥加拉拉含水层（Ogallala aquifer）覆盖的区域曾在二战后技术提升农户的（原文未完整收尾）之际，获得了意外的农业收益。