Amir Borges Ferreira Neto Department of Economics, Regional Research Institute, West Virginia University   886 Chestnut Ridge Road PO Box 6825 Morgantown, West Virginia 26506 United States   aborgesferreiraneto@fgcu.edu             JEL Areas: R0 : Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics: General Z1 : Cultural Economics; Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology: General