Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

1. Introductions/attendance
2. Minutes of last meeting

   Brian submitted annual report

3. Election of new officers

   David Schideler, Secretary for 2016 and Chair for 2017
   Yong Chen, Chair for 2016

4. Next meeting

   It will be held in Washington D.C. with SRSA.

5. Station reports

   Judith Stallmann: Tom Johnson has done research on local food producers trying to trace the value chain and investigate how to retain consumer food dollars. They find that local food producers, especially small ones, have bigger impacts on the local economy than larger ones, because small local food producers tend to use more local inputs and there is some evidence that they build social capital in local communities. To address the resilience objective of the project, collaborating with John Pender, USDA and Fannin, Louisiana, Tom worked on rural wealth creation on place-based policies. Stallmann conducted a research on rural infrastructure in Thailand with a graduate student. We find that rural infrastructure provided by local communities can be of higher quality than those provided by commercial contractors because of the ability to monitor in the former case. Research with Wisconsin and the University of Nebraska-Omaha, on the impacts of Tax and Expenditure Limitations show that TELs result in lower governmental aid from the state to local governments and an increase in the reliance on non-tax revenues. More restrictive TELS are associated with shifts in expenditure patterns, increasing expenditures in some areas and decreasing them on roads and income maintenance. In addition, larger states are able to capture economies of scale in production of public services, which lowers the need for revenues. Also, states with higher incomes and economic growth provide higher levels of public services, which indicate that public services are normal goods. Using the concept of entropy from information theory we show that an index of TEL restrictiveness is superior to the use of a dummy variable that only indicates the existence of a TEL. Stallmann provided a review of a state audit on local government borrowing costs

   John Halstead: Collaborating with Steven Deller, we have edited the book entitled Social Capital at the Community Level (forthcoming). We intentionally invited people from multiple disciplines to contribute book chapters. In this way, the book illustrates how the same issue is investigated from different perspectives using different research methods by scholars from different disciplines. We are working on a USDA funded project on local foods. We find that people put high importance on looks of locally produced food. The willingness to pay for locally produced cucumber is as high as 50%. Deller asked whether there is a scale issue on who sells to restaurants versus direct sales. John mentioned the concerns of institutions about the smaller providers. Steven then mentions the possibility of building distribution network so that small local food producers can supply to the distribution centers. FISMA applies once you cross a threshold and is a high fixed cost per unit for small farmers.

   Siew Lim: We studied the impact of the Bakken oil boom on local grocery prices. We found that grocery prices went up initially but tapered down about 12 months after the initial spike. We also completed a study on the economic impacts of the renewable energy industries on the local economy in North Dakota. We are working on a new project that studies groundwater allocation and water demand at the Bakken. Local water users and oil companies want to draw more water from the Missouri River, but they run into resistance from the federal regulator who is concerned about the environmental impact. There is tension between the state and federal governments due to the restrictive access to water from the Missouri River. Some municipal water users who have excess municipal water capacity convert their current unused water for industrial use (to sell water to oil companies). There are more firms (new water depots) seeking additional water permits for industrial use as well. The demand for water has gone up, but the access to the Missouri River's water is restricted. Thus some water users resort to groundwater as an alternative. But groundwater is not plentiful in North Dakota; it is particularly important to the livestock industry in the western part of the state, and continued groundwater withdrawal will have significant impacts not only on this industry but also on the environment in the region.

   Yong Chen: Bruce Weber and Yong Chen contributed to the book on Wealth Creation. We finished the Oregon Sea Grant funded project on the engineering-economic integrated assessment tool for tsunami impact on community economy. This provides a tool to assess the community economic vulnerability against tsunami. The tool can be applied to other types of natural disasters and other locations. We have also investigated the impact of Northwest Forest Plan on community development and find that the implementation of Northwest Forest Plan has resulted in amenity related growth that increased the growth in population, income and property value in small communities near the Northwest Forest Plan.

   David Shideler. We have an AFRI grant to investigate the impacts of local foods on local economies. We developed benchmarks and enterprise-budget type for different channels of selling. We also investigate the impact of droughts on employment, income in OK. We find that the impact of drought on employment is negative but that on income is the opposite. The positive impact on income is due to liquidation of cattle stocks. County level data is restricted because of budget cuts. Designation of drought is difficult so we use soil moisture index. Local government in OK relies on sales taxes and economic development is all about retail. OK is discussing the phasing out income tax at a time when oil price is down—severance tax lowered from 7 to 1%. ND allocates severance to local foundations and other things. OK spends money into some infrastructure and rainy day fund—has three rules to use it and never is.

   Mindy Crandell: I was just approved on this project and started in Maine in Sept. In my research, I want to explore the tension between amenity use of forest land, traditional forest management, and potential conversions to development. As part of this I am initiating a project to modify a typology of timber and tourism dependence for northern Maine rural communities and use that to assess whether or not socio-economic outcomes are different by community type. I hope to show residents in these communities the current levels of dependence and encourage more focus on diverse strategies and goals for economic development. Todd Gabe and Jim McConnell encouraged me to be part of this group, but unfortunately I am not familiar enough with their accomplishments this year to report for the whole University.

   Warren Kriesel: I investigate the development pressure on salt water marshes (important nursery for marine species). I use the hedonic models in the analysis. Subdivision design can be environmental friendly, especially for common areas. Buyers want commons areas—landscape, pond, playground. I am involved in a project to develop a simulation tool that can help the county planning based on growth projections to 2050. The tool can be used to answer questions like: what areas are likely to be converted and subdivided? It can also be used as scenario simulation tool for public planning and private land owners to visualize the impacts of disasters (such as hurricanes) given development patterns. ESRI’s ARCGIS does not have all of the capabilities to do this. Dayton mentioned that SmartScape of Univ. of WI, coded in Python, has multivariate indicators. Its beta version is on-line. It can tell what is at risk of loss from various hurricanes. There is shallow basin 30-40 miles out. Easterly wind blows water onto shore. The difference between the high and low tide can be 12 feet. People are considering elevation retrofitting homes or abandon first floor. In either way, the homeowner can benefit from lower flood risk premium.

   The research about online exercise program is related to community health. In this program, participants self-report exercise data. Interesting questions include: What can a county do to reach subpopulations? The program is popular among white older women. How can the program reach others? Why do some exercise more than others? The program got $1million from Coke. However, the money went into the website. We should have farmed it out because in-house people keep leaving once have experience.

   Finally, we did some research about feral swine control. We will conduct a cost effectiveness assessment on various control measures. OK is looking at various ideas. Surveillance system with a trap might work.

   Dayton Lambert: Confidence interval among multipliers with Jason and Tim. We investigate two types of property taxes-tax on land versus tax on building, and how do they affect development density. We use Jason modification of firm location model—smooth parameter variation over space. We Integrate hydrolic model and agriculture, and then link it back into IMPLAN. In the paper with David Hughes, we conducted a network analysis on social capital.

   Tessa Conroy (Guest): We conducted gender and regional analysis of entrepreneur with small business lending. We are exploring how to relate different reaction to local economic development. The birth and death rate have higher impact on employment in women owned enterprises. We just got access to NETS at $500000 and then $250000 annual. It allows us to study the dynamics in business relocation.

   Steven Deller adds that the data is annual from 1990. Files are filled by owner and they self-report NAICS code—noise in data. It is under-documented. Purdue center for RD, Bo Beaulieu, have been using it for 5 years and a technician who is quite skilled. Steve puts out a study in various forms about firm movement. Less than 2% of firms move. For those relocating firms, they typically move within 5 miles and are usually with less than 5 employees. The policy implication is that we should focus on small existing businesses.

   Mark Skidmore: In my current research, I am investigating the factors that make people vulnerable to tornados—while several measures of poverty seem to play a role, the quality of housing, mobile home living, is most important. Also, the proportion of households living in mobile homes has nearly tripled since 1070. I am also working on a USDA-DHHS grant focusing on mental health. We downloaded Google analytic data on search terms such as “depression” or “suicide” to see whether Google search data can be used to predict suicide rates. We find that one year lags are good indicators of suicide rates across the states, generating and R-square as high as 0.7. Research on mental/emotional health also shows the importance of diet; excessive sugar consumption can lead to significant physical, mental, and emotional problems. In my research on local government growth, I examine the potential role the deteriorating health associated with dietary changes may have on spending levels and priorities. This work indicates that deteriorating health associated with changes in diet (increased sugar consumption) has resulted in increased spending in human service-oriented local government responsibilities. Finally, I continue my research on the Detroit property tax environment where tax delinquency is 54%. I am also examine land and property values across the city with the goal of developing policies to increases exceptionally low values in most parts of the city. Around 62,000 properties are expected to enter into tax foreclosure in 2015.

   Steven Deller: I have done works using NATS data (see Terra’s discussion). I have done some research on the relationship between social capital and economic performance of small business development. I have also done an interdisciplinary research that relates local food with economic growth and public health issues. Judy mentioned Steven’s leading role in the AJAE special e-issue on history of thinking on rural development.

   Steven then described Dawn’s work on creating the how-to manual on economic impact assessment for USDA. The USDA has this grant opportunity on farmers and local food. It provides pilot, seed money, business loans but need economic impact assessment. The quality of the impact assessment section is very low. So USDA put together a team to create this how-to manual for it. It is in its final draft and USDA is looking at it. USDA likes it and is looking at other areas to do this.

6. Open discussions

   Mark Skidmore led the discussion on the recent regional economic performance in face of oil price decreases and the recent appreciation of US dollar.

   Steven Deller discussed the skill gaps between the employers and employees and the spatial mismatch between them. David Shideler and Judith Stallmann added to the discussion by mentioning the wage differences between the high school graduates and bachelors and the change of the wage differences over time.

7. Adjournment

2014 has been a very productive year for the NE-1049 group. Approximately 50 publications in peer-reviewed journals were reported across 16 states over this time period, in addition to 65 technical reports / staff papers / book chapters / conference papers.

Objective 1 - Local / Regional Foods:

The team of researchers associated with NE 1049 are uniquely positioned to study the spatial issues related to local and regional foods systems. Two important forms of cross-state cooperation are evident in this research. First, a large share of the previous research was conducted collaboratively across states. Second, research methods and approaches have been developed in one state were subsequently employed by researchers in other states. Local and regional foods systems: by its very definition, a local foods system is a place-based concept: Farmers markets and other venues wherein local foods are bought and sold typically require that suppliers come from within some maximum distance. Hence, analyses of the economics of local foods systems must directly account for the location of participating producers and consumers.

To this end, researchers in Colorado, Oklahoma, and Missouri worked to develop a better understanding of the emerging opportunities and threats to the economic structure of non-metropolitan communities arising from the potential shifts in local and regional food systems. Preliminary results of the research has found that while local food producers are able to retain a smaller proportion of the consumer’s food dollar when they buy locally produced food, compared to conventional agriculture, they impact on the local economy is larger because they use more local labor and purchase more inputs locally. We also found evidence that local and regional food systems increase the level of local social capital.

Researchers in Michigan are investigating the relationship between healthcare costs, government spending and health outcomes and have found that increases in obesity and behavioral problems such as hyperactivity, anxiety, depression mental health, and violence associated with increased sugar consumption.

Researchers in Idaho are conducting research to develop optimized strategies for small and medium-sized producers in Idaho to access local and regional markets. Through a survey of restaurants and grocery stores, we will estimate how consumer demand for local and regional products manifests in demand at restaurants and grocery stores. This effort will also estimate the market size for vegetable and livestock products, including the market for local and regional products and factors that influence demand for such products. A second research component will conduct supply-chain analysis to identify optimized strategies for aggregation, storage, processing and distribution for small and medium-sized farmers to access local and regional markets. A third effort will develop a geo-spatial database and model to determine the optimal spatial allocation of crop and livestock production based on the market-demand structure and supply chain configuration. This research will help small and medium- sized farmers make better strategic and operational decisions in terms of market positioning, supply-chain strategy, pricing, and benefits of collaboration with other producers. Outreach components will integrate research findings into education materials and training efforts as part of the University of Idaho Extension Small Farms Program.

Researchers from Ohio investigated the impact of SNAP policy on food access and food insecurity.

Objective 2 – Community Resilience and Natural / Human-made Disasters:

Researchers in NE-1049 are heavily engaged in identifying and analyzing policies and strategies which contribute to the viability and resiliency of communities in responding to economic, policy, and natural shocks.

NE-1049 researchers in Colorado worked to identify and analyze policies and strategies contributing to the viability and resiliency of communities in responding to economic and policy changes as well as natural and human-made shocks.

Researchers in North Dakota studied economic resilience in relation to recent oil booms. Recent economic boom in western North Dakota sparked concerns among the citizens of the state about rapidly rising prices in the region, including both oil-producing and non-oil-producing counties. Working with North Dakota Extension, we conducted a monthly grocery price survey statewide between September 2012 and December 2013. The key outcomes or conclusions from the 16-month study indicate that prices were indeed volatile, especially in oil-producing counties, but there was no significant increase in grocery prices throughout the study period. Oil-producing counties experienced higher grocery prices than other counties, but no persistent upward trend in grocery prices was observed. The results create a change in perception and knowledge about the cost of living in North Dakota. The results were also important for businesses to assess their wage rates.

Researchers in Idaho and Oregon are investigating the relationship between rural wealth and economic resilience. Project investigators were involved in editing and writing chapters for Rural Wealth Creation, a book that develops a framework for examining the role of multiple forms of wealth in achieving sustainable rural economic development. The book systematically investigates the role of different forms of capital –physical, financial, human, natural, social, and others- in rural community development. It also analyzes the impact of different development strategies on rural wealth creation. The strategies discussed in the book include the natural-resource-based strategies (such as renewable energy production), amenity-based strategies (such as land conservation and tourism), and knowledge-based strategies (such as promoting small business entrepreneurship and attracting the creative class). The book is relevant for policy makes looking at rural community development and sustainable economic development.

Researchers in Idaho and Oregon are investigating the role of income and wealth inequality on economic resilience and will explore the role of income inequality in community economic resilience. The research team will first develop measures of inequality in the distribution of various forms of capital and then examine the links between income inequality and county level resilience. To our knowledge, there have been no previous studies of the links between inequality and community economic resilience.

Researchers in Oregon are investigating economic resilience in relation to natural disasters. In order to guide investments in pre-disaster preparedness and plan for post-disaster recovery, we developed an integrated engineering-economic vulnerability assessment tool that can more accurately assess both the direct and indirect economic impact of tsunami. Many coastal Oregon communities are at risk of significant devastation and loss of life from a major Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ) earthquake and the resulting tsunami. Compared to the existing studies, this project is the first to integrate high-resolution engineering model with impact assessment models in regional economics. It simulates the indirect damages due to economic interactions. This is a critical but missing piece of information for the assessment of overall economic resilience against natural disasters like tsunamis. Local stakeholders like the Board members of the Columbia Pacific Economic Development have a better understanding of the vulnerability of their local economies to this catastrophic event. They understand that the firm employing the most people in the region, while not in the inundation zone itself, sources inputs and services from firms within the inundation zone. This new awareness of the economic inter-connections in the region brings a new perspective to local decision making with regard to siting new firms; and affects for the first time, consideration of the location (relative to the inundation zone) of the sources of inputs to production. This project benefits the local public by providing more accurate information on the probability of property damage. Knowledge of the distribution of economic damage across sectors can help local policy makers to see the vulnerability of the economic sectors.

Researchers in Ohio, Tennessee, Idaho, and Oregon are investigating the role of natural resource and energy policy on economic resilience. We also conducted research about the impact of Northwest Forest Plan on the economic development of Oregon rural communities. Our empirical evidence suggests that this policy has promoted faster wealth creation in communities close to the protected land. It also suggests that the policy has redistributed the economic benefits from the timber-dependent communities to a broader set of communities adjacent to the protected forests under Northwest Forest Plan. These findings are relevant to policy makers concerning about the sustainability of rural communities and local public looking for growth opportunities.

Researchers in Ohio and Missouri are investigating the role of state and local governments in economic resilience. Their work is assessing how state and local government development economic development policy and whether these policies are effective in creating jobs, reducing poverty, increasing incomes for middle class families, and in promoting sustainable development. Likewise, their activities are assessing how land use activities contribute to sprawl, carbon emissions and in turn climate change. The activities have also examined the migration of high-skilled workers that underlie long-term sustainable economic growth. A spin-off of this work is to develop practical ways to generate long-term economic growth at the local and regional scale through improved land use planning and long term government policymaking that focuses on building a sustained future of efficient government, building high human capital, enhancing the local network of entrepreneurship, promoting innovation, and providing a high quality of life, that among other things, protect the environment and natural resources. Finally, their work has examined the implications of the interdependence of regional economic growth and ecosystem services for regional sustainability and for policies that seek to balance resource efficiency with community resilience.

Researchers in Nebraska are investigating policy designs to improve performance of conservation programs

Researchers in Oklahoma and North Carolina have investigated the role of rural broadband on regional economic employment and income and farm income. The findings indicate that adoption but not availability influences regional economic development and that USDA broadband loans under both the pilot and the current programs is positively associated with a larger fraction of farms using high-speed internet, but only in rural counties adjacent to metro counties. It was also found that counties that have received USDA broadband loans have enjoyed 11.2 to 17.3 percent greater farm revenues after loan receipt, while in these same recipient counties total farm expenditures have increased by 6.6 to 9.6 percent. In combination, these results suggest that the Broadband Loan Program has, on average, been associated with a 4.6 to 7.7 percent increase in farm profits in recipient counties vis-à-vis non-recipient counties.

Researcher in Maine conducted Retail Trade Area Analyses for rural Maine communities. These studies educate economic development professionals and other stakeholders about the health of the local retail sector. Researchers also analyzed aspects of microenterprises and local economic impacts of the Great Recession, which provides useful information on the factors contributing to the resilience of regional economies.

Researchers in Minnesota have been studying child care decisions of parents in Minnesota with a focus on families with low incomes who use the child care subsidy program to help pay for child care. In this period we completed a study of factors predicting changes in child care arrangements by low-income families in Minnesota.

Peer-reviewed Publications:
1. Amiel, Lindsay, Steven Deller, Judith I. Stallmann, Craig Maher. “Does the Restrictiveness of State Tax and Expenditure Limitations Affect State Revenues and Expenditures?” International Journal of Public Administration. 37(4): 237-248, 2014. DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2013.812113
2. Hill, R., J. Loomis, D. Thilmany and M. Sullins. 2014. Economic values of agritourism to visitors: a multi-destination hurdle travel cost model of demand. Tourism Economics. Vol.20:5, October. 1047-1065.
3. Hardesty, S., G. Feenstra, D. Visher, T. Lerman, D. Thilmany McFadden, A. Bauman, T. Gillpatrick, and G. Nurse-Rainbolt. 2014. Values-based Supply Chains: Supporting Regional Food and Farms. Economic Development Quarterly. 28(February) 17-27.
4. Lim, Siew Hoon. 2014. Accounting for Environmental Pollution in Production Function. Management of Environmental Quality 25(6): 679-695.
5. Partridge, Mark D. (2014) “Is Poverty Worth Fighting Wars Over?” Choices. (29) Available at: http://www.choicesmagazine.org/choices-magazine/theme-articles/food-and-poverty/is-poverty-worth-fighting-wars-over.
6. Fallah, Belal, Mark D. Partridge, and Dan S. Rickman. (2014) “Geography and High-Tech Employment Growth in U.S. Counties.” Journal of Economic Geography. (14): 683-720. doi: 10.1093/jeg/lbt030.
7. Irwin, Elena G., P. Wilner Jeanty, and Mark D. Partridge. (2014) “Amenity Values versus Land Constraints: The Spatial Spillovers of Natural Landscape Features on Housing Values.” Land Economics. 90: 61-78.
8. Olfert, M. Rose, Mark D. Partridge, Julio Berdegué, Javier Escobal, Benjamin Jara, and Felix Modrego. (2014) “Places for Place-Based Policies” Development Policy Review. 32: 5-32.
9. Stephens, Heather, Mark D. Partridge, and Alessandra Faggian. (2013) “Innovation, entrepreneurship and economic growth in lagging regions.” Journal of Regional Science. 53: 778-812.
10. Faggian A., Corcoran J. and Rowe F. (2015), “Evaluating the effects of federal policy changes on human capital: The role of a graduate visa scheme”, Environment and Planning, in print
11. Faggian A. and Franklin R. (2014), “Human Capital Redistribution in the USA: The Migration of the College-bound”, Spatial Economic Analysis, Vol 9, No. 4, pp. 376-395, DOI: 10.1080/ 17421772.2014.961536
12. Jewell S. and Faggian A. (forthcoming), "The impact of working while studying on educational and labour market outcomes", Business and Economics Journal
13. Mameli F., Faggian A. and McCann P. (2014), “The Estimation of Local Employment Growth: Do Sectoral Aggregation and Industry Definition Matter?” Regional Studies, Vol. 48. No. 11, p. 1813-1828
14. Faggian A., Comunian C. and Li Q.C. (2014), “Interregional migration of human creative capital: the strange case of "Bohemian graduates"”, Geoforum, Vol. 55, pp. 33-42
15. Franklin R. and Faggian A. (forthcoming), “College Student Migration in New England: Who Comes, Who Goes, and Why We Might Care”, The Northeastern Geographer
16. Comunian R. and Faggian A. (2014), “Creative Graduates and Creative Cities: Exploring the Geography of Creative Education in the UK”, International Journal of Cultural and Creative Industries, Vol. 1, Issue 2, pp. 18-34
17. Comunian R. and Faggian A. (2014), “Guest editorial: higher education, human capital and the creative economy”, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 32(3), pp. 381-383
18. Comunian R., Faggian A. and Jewell S. (2014), “Embedding Arts and Humanities in the Creative Economy: the role of graduates in the UK”, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 32(3), pp. 426-450
19. Comunian C., Faggian A. and Jewell S. (forthcoming),, “Digital technology and the creative industries: the role of human capital”, The Journal of Education and Work
20. Skidmore, M. L., & Toya, H. (2014). Replication of economic development and the impacts of natural disasters, economics letters. Public Finance Review, 43(2).
21. Skidmore, M. L., Anderson, G. R., & Eiswerth, M. (2014). The child adoption marketplace: Parental preferences and adoption outcomes. Public Finance Review.
22. Sands, G., & Skidmore, M. L. (2014). Making ends meet: Options for property tax reform in Detroit. Journal of Urban Affairs, 36(4), 682-700. doi:10.1111/juaf.12069 ISSN: 07352166
23. Skidmore, M. L. (2014). Will a Greenbelt Help to Shrink Detroit's Wasteland. Land Lines, 8-17. Available from: www.lincolninst.edu/pubs/2467_Will-a-Greenbelt-Help-to-Shrink-Detroit-s-Wasteland-
24. Skidmore, M. L., & Toya, H. (2014). Do natural disasters enhance societal trust? Kyklos, 67 (2), 227-254.
25. Reese, L. A., Sands, G., & Skidmore, M. L. (2014). Memo from Motown: Is austerity here to stay? Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 7(1), 99-118. doi:10.1093/cjres/rst037 ISSN: 17521378
26. James, A., Hodge, T., Sands, G., & Skidmore, M. L. (2014). Detroit property tax delinquency-social contract in crisis. Public Finance and Management, 14 (3), 280-305.
27. Poston, Ashley and Brian Whitacre (senior authorship shared). 2014. “How Specialized is ‘Too’ Specialized? Outmigration and Industry Diversification in Nonmetropolitan Counties across America.” The Journal of Economics 40(2): 37-63. Link
28. Whitacre, Brian, Roberto Gallardo, and Sharon Strover. 2014. “Broadband’s Contribution to Economic Growth in Rural Areas: Moving towards a Causal Relationship.” Telecommunications Policy 38(11): 1011-1023. Link
29. Whitacre, Brian, Roberto Gallardo, and Sharon Strover. 2014. “Does Rural Broadband Impact Jobs and Income? Evidence from Spatial and First-Differenced Regressions.” The Annals of Regional Science 53(3): 649-670. Link
30. Whitacre, Brian, Terry Griffin, and Tyler Mark. 2014. “How Connected are Our Farms?” Choices 29(3). Link
31. Janeski, I. and B. Whitacre. 2014. “Long-term Economic Impacts of USDA Water and Sewer Investments in Oklahoma.” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 46(1): 21-39. Link
32. Whitacre, Brian and Lara Brooks. 2014. “Do Broadband Adoption Rates Impact a Community’s Health?” Behaviour & Information Technology 33(7): 767-779. Link
33. Peek, Gina G., Larry D. Sanders, Dave Shideler, Shannon L. Ferrell, Chad J. Penn, Todd Halihan. In Press. “Framing a Public Issue for Extension: Challenges in Oil and Gas Activity.” Journal of Extension.
34. Peek, Gina, Chad Penn, Larry Sanders, Dave Shideler and Shannon Ferrell. “The Oil and Gas Boom: Basic Information About Oil and Gas Activities for Extension Professionals.” In Press. Journal of Extension.
35. Whitacre, Brian E., Dave Shideler and Randi Williams. In press. “Do Incentives Programs Cause Growth? The Case of The Oklahoma Quality Jobs Program and Community-level Economic Growth.” Economic Development Quarterly.
36. Shideler, David and John Mann. 2015. “Developing a Composite Entrepreneurship Indicator as a Measure of Schumpeterian Activity.” Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, 4(1).
37. Kirk, Dylan, Kevin Allen and David Shideler. 2014. “Economic Activity Analyses: The Need for Consensus.” Journal of Extension, June.
38. Wojan, T.R., J.P. Brown, and D.M. Lambert. 2014. What to Do About the “Cult of Statistical Significance?”: An Ex-post evaluation of Ethanol Bio-Refinery Employment Impacts using the Neyman-Pearson Protocol. Applied Economics and Perspectives and Policy, 36(4): 674-695 doi:10.1093/aepp/ppu013.
39. Gabe, Todd and Nicholas Lisac. “A Note on the Effects of Popular Music Concerts on Hospitality Sales: The Case of Waterfront Concerts in Bangor, Maine.” Review of Regional Studies, Vol. 44, No. 1, 2014.
40. Davis, E., Caroline S. Carlin, Caroline Krafft and Kathryn Tout. 2014. “Time for a Change? Predictors of Child Care Changes by Low-Income Families.” Journal of Children and Poverty 20(1):21-46.
41. Kalambokidis, Laura. “Creating Public Value with Tax and Spending Policies: The View from Public Economics.” Public Administration Review 74, 4 (April 2014): 519-526.
42. Poudel, Krishna K., and Thomas G. Johnson. 2014. “Social Capital and Collective Management of Natural Resources in Nepal: A Case Study of Community Forestry.” Agrarian Frontiers. 2(1):21-34.
43. Altman, Ira, Zuoming Liu and Thomas G. Johnson. 2014. “The Feasibility of Co-Firing Biomass for Electricity in Missouri.” Biomass and Bioenergy. 69:12-20.
44. Johnson, Thomas G. 2014. “Wealth Creation and the Normative Structures Framework.” The Journal of Rural and Community Development. 9(4): 203-218.
45. Lewin, P., Weber, B., and Holland, D., 2013 Core-Periphery Dynamics in the Portland Oregon Region: 1982 to 2006” Annals of Regional Science (forthcoming)
46. Winfree, J. and P. Watson (2014). Substitution of Liquor Sales Across States. Applied Economic Letters 52(4):917-928
47. Watson, P., S. Cooke. D. Kay, and G. Alward (2014). A Method for Improving Economic Contribution Studies for Regional Analysis. Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy, forthcoming.
48. Choi, Eun-Young and Thomas G. Johnson. 2014. “Economic Impact of the Informal Childcare Sector in Kansas.” Journal of Regional Analysis and Planning. 44(1):20-35.
49. Johnson, Thomas G. and Ira Altman. 2014. “Rural Development Opportunities in the Bioeconomy.” Biomass and Bioenergy. 63 (April):341-344.

Other Publications:
1. Nabhan, G., L. Lopez-Hoffman, C. Presnall, R. Knight, J. Goldstein, H. Gosnell, L. Gwen, D. Thilmany and S. Charnley 2014. “Payments for Ecosystem Services: Keeping Working Landscapes Productive and Functioning.” Chapter in Saving the Wide Open Spaces.
2. Thilmany, D., R. Hill and L. Lohr. Defining Best Practices for Economic Development Assessment and Evaluation for Food System Initiatives. Organized Workshop at the 2014 North American Regional Science Meetings. Washington, DC. November 2014. Organizer and presenter.
3. Bauman, A, B. Jablonski, B. Daniels., B. Angelo, D. Shideler, D. Thilmany and M. Taylor. An Evolving Classification Scheme of Local Food Business Models. Poster at the eXtension CLRFS 2014 Food Security Conference - Sept. 29-Oct. 1, Cleveland, Ohio.
4. Bauman, A., C. Goemans, J. Pritchett and D. Thilmany. Modeling transaction costs in a hydro-economic model: An agent based modeling approach. Selected Paper for the 2014 Western Agricultural Economics Association Meeting. June 2014. Colorado Springs CO
5. Chen, Y., Corcoran, P., Chen, Y., Weber, B., Cox, D. Wiebe, D. “Using an Economic-Engineering Model to Improve Estimations of both Direct and Indirect Economic Impacts”. Columbia-Pacific Economic Development District and NW Oregon Economic Alliance Meeting, 2014
6. Chen, Y., Chen, Y., Weber, B., Corcoran, P., Cox, D. Park, H. “Deriving Spatially-Explicit Industry Networks for an Improved Economic Impact Assessment”. 2014 Pacific Northwest Regional Economic Conference, Portland, Oregon, 2014.
7. Chen, Yong, YG. Chen, P. Corcoran, D. Cox, B. Weber and D. Wiebe “Assessing economic impacts of a tsunami event: using an economic-engineering model to improve estimations of both direct and indirect economic damage” Presentation to the Board of the Columbia Pacific Economic Development District. Scappoose Fire Hall, Scappoose, OR January 9, 2014.
8. Oregon Sea Grant National Site Review Panel on research and engagement in natural hazards, September, 2014. Number of attendees was around 20.
9. Chen, Yong, YG. Chen, P. Corcoran, D. Cox, B. Weber and D. Wiebe “Researching the impact of a tsunami on the Clatsop County economy—an Oregon Sea Grant research project.” Presentation to the Clatsop County Emergency Preparedness (EPREP) Committee. Oregon National Guard Camp Rilea, Warrenton, OR. December 17, 2013
10. Pender, John L, Bruce A. Weber, Thomas G. Johnson and J. Matthew Fannin, editors. Rural Wealth Creation. London and New York: Routledge. 2014
11. Chen, Yong and Bruce A. Weber, “Natural capital and rural wealth creation: a case study of Federal forest policy and community vitality in the Pacific Northwest” Chapter 12 in Pender, John L, Bruce A. Weber, Thomas G. Johnson and J. Matthew Fannin, editors. Rural Wealth Creation. London and New York: Routledge. 2014.
12. Pender, John L. Thomas G. Johnson, Bruce A. Weber and J. Matthew Fannin, “Rural wealth creation: introduction and overview” Chapter 1 in Pender, John L, Bruce A. Weber, Thomas G. Johnson and J. Matthew Fannin, editors. Rural Wealth Creation. London and New York: Routledge. 2014.
13. Pender, John L., Bruce A, Weber, Thomas G. Johnson, and J. Matthew Fannin. “Rural wealth creation: conclusions and implications” Chapter 18 in Pender, John L, Bruce A. Weber, Thomas G. Johnson and J. Matthew Fannin, editors. Rural Wealth Creation. London and New York: Routledge. 2014.
14. Helmut Haberl, Cheikh Mbow, Xiangzheng Deng, Elena G. Irwin, Suzi Kerr, Tobias Kuemmerle, Ole Mertz, Patrick Meyfroidt, and B.L. Turner II I. (2014). “Finite Land Resources and Competition.” In Karen Seto and Annette Reenberg (eds.) Rethinking Global Land Use in an Urban Era, Ernst Strüngmann Forum Report. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, pp. 35-69.
15. Irwin, Elena G. and Douglas Wrenn. (2014). “An Assessment of Empirical Methods for Modeling Land Use." Chapter 13 in J.M. Duke and J. Wu (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Land Economics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 327-351.
16. Partridge, Mark D. and Dan S. Rickman. (2014) “Integrating Regional Economic Development Analysis and Land Use Economics.” Chapter One Book Chapter for (Eds, Joshua M. Duke and JunJie Wu) The Oxford Handbook of Land Economics, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pp. 23-51.
17. Partridge, Mark D. and Amanda Weinstein. (2014) “Green Jobs and the Need to Use Benefit-Cost Analysis not Employment in Policymaking.” Encyclopedia of Environmental Economics. (eds. T. Haab and J. Whitehead).
18. Weinstein, Amanda and Mark D. Partridge. (2014) “Economic implications of unconventional fossil fuel production.” Book Chapter for (Ed. Don Albrecht) Our Energy Future, Socioeconomic Implications and Policy Options for Rural America. New York: Routledge. Pp. 19-39.
19. Faggian, A., Corcoran J. and Partridge M. (2014) “Interregional Migration Analysis.” Karlsson C., Andersson M. and Norman T. (eds.), Handbook in the Research of Methods and Applications in Economic Geography, in press
20. Faggian A. “Job Search Theory” (2014), Fischer M. and Nijkamp P. (eds.), Handbook of Regional Science, Springer, pp. 59-73
21. Comunian R., Faggian A. and Jewell S. (2014) “Exploring music careers: music graduates and early career trajectories in UK” in Crossley N., McAndrew S. and Widdop P. (eds.) Social Networks and Music Worlds – Routledge Advances in Sociology, Routledge, London, UK
22. Jewell S. and Faggian A. (2014) “Interregional Migration Wage Premia: the Case of Creative and STEM Graduates in the UK” in Kourtit K., Nijkamp P. and Stimson R. (eds.) Applied Regional Growth and Innovation Models, Springer, pp. 197-214
23. Cho, Clare and Mark D. Partridge. “The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Its Effect on Food Insecurity.” Swank Program in Rural-Urban Policy Summary Report, Available at: http://aede.osu.edu/sites/aede/files/publication_files/SNAP.pdf, May 2014.
24. Cho, Clare and Mark Partridge. “The Affordable Care Act: Effects of the Healthcare Reform.” Swank Program in Rural-Urban Policy Summary Report, December 2013. Available at: www.aede.osu.edu/programs/Swank. 24 pages.
25. Partridge, Mark and Amanda Weinstein. “Economic Implications of Unconventional Fossil Fuel Production.” National Agricultural and Rural Development Policy Center (NARDEP) Policy Brief. November 2013. Available at: 4 pages.
26. Zhang, Wendong, Barry Ward and Elena G. Irwin. “Trends and Determinants of Farmland Sale Prices in Western Ohio 2001 – 2010.” Technical Bulletin, Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, 37 pages.
27. Stenberg, Peter (2014). "Rural Development: Title VI", U.S. Department of Agriculture, http://www.ers.usda.gov/agricultural-act-of-2014-highlights-and-implications/rural-development.aspx.
28. Stenberg, Peter (2014). "The Rise of Rural Wireless Broadband Internet Services", paper presented at “The Future of Broadband Regulation” PSU/IIP Workshop, Washington, DC
29. Stenberg, Peter (2014). "Rural Broadband Investment over the Last Decade", presentation at NARSC Annual Meeting, November 13-15, 2014, Washington, DC.
30. Stenberg, Peter (2014). "Broadband Internet in Rural Hispanic Households", Presented at the NARSC meetings, November 13-15, Washington, DC.
31. Stenberg, Peter (2014). "The Farm Bill and Rural Economies: Broadband Investment Over the last Decade", paper presented at AAEA Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN.
32. Stenberg, Peter (2014). "Research on the Rural Economic Effect of Broadband Internet", presentation as part of panel discussion, TPRC meetings, Arlington, VA.
33. Skidmore, M. L. (2014). Housing affordability: Lessons from the United States. (Working Paper 14/11). Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand Department of Treasury.
34. Skidmore, M. L., & Hodge, T. (2014). Barry County financial analysis and forecast report. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Extension.
35. Skidmore, M. L., Filion, P., & Sands, G. (Eds.). (n.d.). Cities at risk: Planning for and recovering from natural and human disasters: Ashgate Press.
36. Jeremiah Taylor and Brian Whitacre. “Oklahoma’s Recovery from the Great Recession: Trends in Rural vs. Urban Areas.” Oklahoma State University Extension Fact Sheet AGEC-1051. September 2014. 4 pp.
37. Lara Brooks, Grant Irby, Brian Whitacre, and Corie Kaiser. “How Are Rural Residents Informed about Local Community Events?” Oklahoma State University Extension Fact Sheet AGEC-1052. September 2014. 4 pp.
38. Jorge Atiles, Sissy Osteen, Gina Peek, Dave Shideler, and Brian Whitacre. “Exploring the Potential Effectiveness of a State Low Income Housing Tax Credit in Oklahoma.” Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service Report. March 2014. 12 pp
39. Bauman, Allie, Dave Shideler, Dawn Thilmany, Merritt Taylor, and Blake Angelo. 2014. “An Evolving Classification Scheme of Local Food Business Models.” Community, Local and Regional Food Systems Community of Practice Resource. Available at: http://www.extension.org/pages/70544/an-evolving-classification-scheme-of-local-food-business-models
40. Daniels, Brannon (presenter), Dave Shideler, Becca Jablonski and Dawn Thilmany. “Growth Challenges for Food Hubs: Building a Research Agenda.” Food Distribution Research Society Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, November 1-4, 2014.
41. Gina Peek (presenter), Jorge Atiles, Sissy Osteen, Dave Shideler, and Brian Whitacre. “Exploring the effectiveness of a state level Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC).” Selected paper presented at the Housing Education and Research Association Annual Conference. Kansas City, MO. Oct. 5-8, 2014.
42. Tyler Mark (presenter), Terry Griffin, and Brian Whitacre. “Value of Connectivity in Rural Areas: The Case of Precision Agriculture Data.” Selected paper presented at the International Conference on Precision Agriculture, Sacramento, CA. July 20-23, 2014.
43. Randi Williams (presenter) and Brian Whitacre. “The Influence of Broadband Availability on Physician Electronic Medical Record Adoption in Oklahoma.” Selected paper presented at the Southern Regional Science Association meetings, San Antonio, TX. March 27-29, 2014.
44. Shideler, Dave (presenter), Tracy Boyer and Jody Campiche. “Climate Variability and Socio-Economic Behavior: What Can We Learn from CHANS?” Southern Regional Science Association, San Antonio, TX, March 27-29, 2014.
45. Bauman, Allie, Becca B. R. Jablonski, Brannon Daniels, Blake Angelo, Dave Shideler, Dawn Thilmany and Merritt Taylor. “An Evolving Classification Scheme of Local Food Business Models.” Presented at Community, Local and Regional Food Systems eXtension Community of Practice Annual Conference, Cleveland, OH. September 29 – October 1, 2014.
46. Brian Whitacre, Sharon Strover, and Roberto Gallardo. “How Much Does Broadband Infrastructure Matter? Decomposing the Metro – Non-Metro Adoption Gap with the Help of the National Broadband Map” Poster presentation for the Telecommunication Policy Research Conference, Arlington, VA. September 12-14, 2014.
47. Lara Brooks, Brian Whitacre, and Corie Kaiser. “Physician EMR Adoption in Oklahoma: Does Location Matter?” Poster presentation for the National Rural Health Association Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada. April 22-23, 2014.
48. Lara Brooks, Dave Shideler, Brian Whitacre, Notie Lansford, Gerald Doeksen. “Rural Development: 100 Years of Improving Rural Oklahomans’ Quality of Life.” Poster presentation for the OCES Annual Conference, Stillwater, Oklahoma. Jan 22-24, 2014.
49. Gabe, Todd. “Growth of Maple Syrup and Related Products in Maine,” School of Economics, University of Maine, Staff Paper 615, June 2014.
50. Gabe, Todd. “Economic Impacts of Maine’s Maple Industry,” School of Economics, University of Maine, Staff Paper 614, February 2014.
51. McConnon, James C., Thomas G. Allen, and Todd Gabe. 2013. “Trade Area Analysis of Retail Sales for Lamoine, Maine.” School of Economics Staff Paper No. 611, The University of Maine, Orono, Maine 36pp.
52. McConnon, James C. and Wanda L. Lincoln. 2014. “Senior Companion Program: A Benefit to Seniors, Families, and the State of Maine.” University of Maine Cooperative Extension fact sheet. The University of Maine, Orono, Maine. 2pp.
53. Bassano, Louis, V. and James C. McConnon, Jr. 2014. “Hancock County Business Conference and Trade Show: Making a Difference in Maine.” University of Maine Cooperative Extension fact sheet. The University of Maine, Orono, Maine. 2pp.
54. Kalambokidis, Laura, Lisa Hinz, and Scott Chazdon. “Using Economic Principles to Show How Extension Programs Create Public Value.” Forthcoming in Creating Public Value in Practice, ed. Bryson, John, and Barbara Crosby, CRC Press/Taylor&Francis, 2014.
55. Kelrick, Pamela, Thomas G. Johnson, and Judith I. Stallmann. 2014. Territorial Cohesion: US and Canadian Perspectives on the Concept, Chapter 5 in Territorial Cohesion in Rural Europe: The Relational Turn in Rural Development. Andrew Copus and Philomena de Lima (eds.). Regional Studies Association Series Regions and Cities, No. 76. Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group.
56. Neus Raines and Thomas G. Johnson. 2014. Regional Wealth Effects of Local Foods. Community Policy Analysis Center, University of Missouri, Columbia. October 5.
57. Johnson, Thomas G. and Jinhyoung Kim. 2014. Toward an Approach to Measure Wealth Impacts of Resource Development: The Shale Oil Boom in North Dakota. Community Policy Analysis Center, University of Missouri, Columbia. December 26.
58. Johnson, Thomas G. 2014 Improving Measures of People-Based and Place-Based Wealth: An Extended Social Accounting Matrix Approach: Final Report, Community Policy Analysis Center, University of Missouri, Columbia. December 26.
59. Johnson, Thomas G. 2014. "Rethinking the Value of Rural" Invited presentation at Rural Works: A Rural Policy Think Tank Event. Brandon, Manitoba, November 6.
60. Johnson, Thomas G. 2014. "Trends in Wealth Distribution and Implications for Rural Policy" invited presentation at the Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation Annual meeting, Prince George, BC, September 27.
61. Hendrickson, Mary, Randy Cantrell, Thomas G. Johnson, Jessica R. Scott and M. Saulters. 2014. "Why Local Food Makes You Happy: The Penetration Of The Local Food Narrative In The Midwest," Rural Sociological Society annual meeting, New Orleans, LA. August.
62. Johnson, Thomas G. 2014. “Social Norms and Wealth Creation.” Paper Presented at the Southern Regional Science Association meetings, San Antonio, TX March 29.
63. Guatam, Shriniwas, Timothy Haithcoat and Thomas G. Johnson. 2014. “Analyzing Missouri's Digital Divide Using Alternative Measures of Internet Service Provision.” Paper Presented at the Southern Regional Science Association meetings, San Antonio, TX March 28.
64. Rossi, James, Thomas Johnson, Mary Hendrickson, and Jess Scott. 2014. “The Economic Impacts of Local Food Production and Sales.” Paper Presented at the Southern Regional Science Association meetings, San Antonio, TX March 27.
65. Maher, Craig, Judith I. Stallmann, Steven C. Deller and Lindsay Amiel. “The Effects of TEL’s on State Fiscal Slack. Association for Budgeting and Financial Management. Grand Rapids, Michigan. October 2-4, 2014.
66. Wulfhorst, J. P. Salant, L. Bernacchi, S. Kane, and P. Watson. “Hispanic Immigration, Global Competition, and the Dairy Industry in Rural Communities” Decennial Volume of the Rural Sociology Society. In press.