http://www.ruralsociology.org The Situation: • Rural areas risk becoming “food deserts” as young families move away and market pressures continue to squeeze small grocers and retailers. Food deserts are defined as counties in which all residents must drive more than 10 miles to the nearest supermarket chain or supercenter. • The Great Plains are especially lacking in easy-access grocers. • The ...

Abstract Divergent public responses to police brutality incidents demonstrate that for some, violence is an injustice demands remediation, while others state justice served. We develop a novel survey experiment in which we randomize the race and gender of victim violence, then provide respondents with opportunity establish via compensation. uncover small but consistent effects financial restitu...

Polar deserts are not devoid of life despite the extreme low temperature and scarcity of water. Recently, patterned stone fields--caused by periglacial activity--have been surveyed in the Arctic and Antarctic. It was found that the productivity of the cyanobacteria and algae (hypoliths) that colonise the underside of the stones is strongly related to the pattern of the stones. The hypolith asse...

ABSTRACT This study examines the informational value of local news outlets and how they affect insider trading. We hypothesize that coverage is a critical channel through which outsiders acquire information, restricts insiders’ ability to profit from their information advantage. argue loss increases opacity faced by outsiders, while making it easier for insiders seize profitable trading opportu...

BACKGROUND A growing body of research suggests that the suburbanization of food retailers in North America and the United Kingdom in recent decades has contributed to the emergence of urban 'food deserts', or disadvantaged areas of cities with relatively poor access to healthy and affordable food. This paper explores the evolution of food deserts in a mid-sized Canadian city (London, Ontario) b...