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Regional Economics

Publications

Estimating Usage and Costs of Transportation Systems for Rural Elderly (PDF)-Gerald A. Doeksen, Extension Economist, Rural Development; Shwu-Eng H. Webb, Former Research Associate; Barbara Broeckelman, Research Associate; Robert Carroll, Specialist on Aging, Special Unit on Aging, Oklahoma Welfare Department-Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service

Expanding Economic and Educational Opportunity in Distressed Rural Areas-A Conceptual Framework for the Rural Community College Initiative. MDC, Inc. September 2001

Multiplier Analysis for Agriculture and Other Industries (PDF)-Booyong Song, Assistant Researcher, and Gerald A. Doeksen, Regents Professor and Extension Economist, Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University

Municipal Solid Waste Composting: Does It Make Economic Sense?-Mitch Renkow, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, and A. Robert Rubin, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, North Carolina State University, North Carolina Cooperative Extension, 1996

Primary Sources of County Road Funding (PDF)-Notie H. Lansford, Jr., Extension Economist, and Dolores A. Willett, Extension Economist, Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service

Publications Related to Rural Transportation-Welfare Information Network

Planning Rural Water Systems (PDF)-James R. Nelson, Extension Economist; Harold L. Goodwin, Assistant Researcher; Gerald A. Doeksen, Extension Economist, Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University

Research Reports

Alabama's Ability To Meet Workforce Demands Of The New Economy (PDF)-Dr. Jacquelyn P. Robinson, Community Workforce Development Specialist, Alabama Cooperative Extension System, September 29, 2000

Community Opinions on Economic Development in the Rural South (PDF)-Thomas W. Ilvento, TVA Rural Studies Publications, March 2000

Coping with Change: Economic Impacts: What an Impact Statement Says (PDF)-Originally prepared in 1980 by Ronald C. Faas, Extension Economist, Washington State University. Revised March 1994 by Dave Holland, Regional Economist, Washington State Universtiy-Western Rural Development Center

Coping with Change: Evaluating Fiscal Impact Studies: Community Guidelines (PDF)-Stephen Cooke, University of Idaho, Western Rural Development Center, Revised February 1996

Critical Factors in Attracting New Businesses and Industry in Oklahoma (PDF)-Gordon Sloggett, Research Associate, and Mike D. Woods, Extension Economist, Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University

Decision Aids for Municipal Solid Waste Management in Rural Areas (PDF)-Gerald A. Doeksen, Extension Economist and Regents Professor, Oklahoma State University; Barry W. Jones, Editor and Head, Department of Agricultural Communications, Texas A&M University; Mitch Renkow, Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University; and Richard Warner, Associate Extension Professor, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, University of Kentucky-SRDC Series #190, June 1995

Delivery of Resource Information to Local Entities in Rural Areas and Small Towns (PDF)-Bruce Ransom, Associate Professor and Strom Thurmond Institute Associate, Clemson University, May 1998

The Economic and Fiscal Impacts of a Cheese Plant and Dairies in the Panhandle of Texas (PDF)-Judith I. Stallmann, Garen Evans, Bud Schwart, Lonnie Jones, and John Siebert, Texas Agricultural Extension Service and Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas A&M University System, May 2001

The Economic and Fiscal Impacts of a Wind Turbine Farm in Pecos County Texas (PDF)-Judith I. Stallmann, Garen Evans, and Lonnie Jones, Texas Agricultural Extension Service and Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas A&M University System, May 2001

Existing Industry: Keys to Success in Industrial Development-V. Wilson Lee, Extension Economist Emeritus, Community Resource Development, Auburn University, and John Hawthorne, former Director, Alabama Prepared Cities Program, Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (Deceased), Alabama Power Company-Alabama Cooperative Extension System, March 1994

Good Schools Improve Rural Development Prospects (PDF)-David L. Barkley, Mark S. Henry, and Shuming Bao-SRDC Series #195, April 1996

Guidelines for 'Amateur' Developers in Handling Industrial Inquiries-Prepared by NEBRASKA NOW Newsletter, edited by V. Wilson Lee, Extension Economist Emeritus, Community Resource Development, Auburn University-Alabama Cooperative Extension System

How Can Oklahoma Communities Attract Food Manufacturing Companies? (PDF)-Rodney B. Holcomb, FAPRTC Extension Economist; Glenn Muske, Micro Business Specialist; Conrad Lyford, Agricultural Economist; and Mike Woods, Extension Economist, Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University

The Impact of Agribusiness on Alabama's Economy-Jerry R. Crews, Extension Economist, Professor; Max W. Runge, Extension Economist, Associate; and James R. Hurst, Agricultural Economist, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, College of Agriculture, Auburn University, Alabama Cooperative Extension System, New July 1998.

Impacts of Agriculture on Oklahoma's Economy (PDF)-James Nelson, Assistant Professor and Extension Economist, Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service

Industrial Development for a Small Rural Community-V. Wilson Lee, Extension Economist Emeritus, Community Resource Development, Auburn University-Alabama Cooperative Extension System, May 1995

Input-Output Modeling and Resource Use Projection (PDF)-Lonnie L. Jones, Texas A&M University, January 1997

Local Economic Conditions and Kentucky's Education Reform Act (KERA)-Stephan J. Goetz, Associate Professor, and David L. Debertin, Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky, January 1996

Measuring the Economic Importance of the Health Sector on a Local Economy (PDF)-Gerald A. Doeksen, Regents Professor and Extension Economist, Oklahoma State University, Tom Johnson, Professor and Extension Economist, Virginia Tech, and Chuck Willoughby, Extension Assistant, Oklahoma State University, SRDC Series #202, November 1996

Measuring How Much Economic Change Will Mean to Your Community-Dr. Michael L. Walden, Professor and Extension Economist, Dept. of Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University

Questions Industrial Prospects Most Often Ask About a Rural Community-V. Wilson Lee, Extension Economist Emeritus, Community Resource Development, Auburn University-Alabama Cooperative Extension System, June 1994

Rural America's Transportation Network: Issues for the 1990's (PDF)-Dennis Brown, Regional Economist, Finance and Development Branch of the Rural Economy Division, Economic Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture

Rural Colleges as Catalysts for Community Change: The RCCI Experience-Published in the USDA journal Rural America, this article highlights the RCCI and promotes community colleges as appropriate, effective institutions in rural development efforts. MDC, Inc.

Rural Development Tools: What Are They and Where Do You Use Them? (PDF)-Dennis U. Fisher and Judith I. Stallmann, Texas A&M University, and John F. Thigpen III, East Carolina State University, June 2000

Rural Industrialization: Start Tapping Economic Potential-V. Wilson Lee, Extension Economist Emeritus, and Harry B. Strawn, Extension Economist, Community Resource Development, Auburn University-Alabama Cooperative Extension System, July 1994

Rural Infrastructure as a Cause and Consequence of Rural Economic Development and Quality of Life (PDF)-Proceedings of a Regional Workshop, Birmingham, Alabama, February 1997. Edited by Joe Schmidt, Mississippi State University-SRDC Series #207, July 1997

School Choice Policy: Estimates of Supply & Demand Response in Private Education-Warren Kriesel, Associate Professor; Andrew G. Keeler, Assistant Professor; Marc White, Graduate Research Assistant, Agricultural and Applied Economics Department, University of Georgia-SRDC Series #196, April 1996

Social Impacts of Large Scale Economic Development Projects in the Rural South: A Longitudinal Re-Study of Vance, Alabama and the Impacts of Mercedes Benz (PDF)-Ralph B. Brown, Clark D. Hudspeth, and Katherine L. Stone, TVA Rural Studies Publications, June 2000

Southern Rural Economic Development and the Branch Plant/Local Firm Development Options (PDF)-David Tomaskovic-Devey and Jacqueline Johnson, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, North Carolina State University-SRDC Series #197, June 1996

Testing For The Effects of Federal Economic Development Agencies (PDF)-David Freshwater, Timothy Wojan, Dayuan Hu and Stephan Goetz., TVA Rural Studies, February 1997

Transportation: The Essential Need to Address the "To" in Welfare-to-Work-April Kaplan, Welfare Information Network, June 1998

Transportation and Welfare Reform-April Kaplan, Welfare Information Network, May 1997

Understanding Your Local Economy: Nonemployment Income In Texas Counties-Greg Taylor, Texas Extension Publications

Volunteers and Community Economic Development (PDF)-Mike D. Woods, Professor and Extension Economist, and Andrea Freeman, Student Assistant, Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University

West Virginia Attitudes Toward Economic Development (PDF)-Scott Loveridge and Beth Loy, West Virginia University, TVA Rural Studies Publications, December 1997

Wise Industrial Developers Observe 'Ten Commandments'-Prepared by ALABAMA DEVELOPMENT NEWS, edited by V. Wilson Lee, Extension Economist Emeritus, Community Resource Development, Auburn University-Alabama Cooperative Extension System

PowerPoint Presentations

TEX$AFE (A PowerPoint presentation on economic and fiscal impact analysis, multipliers, and the TEX$AFE Model)-Judith I. Stallmann, Texas A&M University

Training Curricula

Building Institutional Capacity
MDC, Inc.

Developing the Regional Economy
MDC, Inc.

Economic Development in Indian Country
MDC, Inc.

Moving Mountains Economic Summit
MDC, Inc.

The Promise of the RCCI
MDC, Inc.

Stimulating Rural Economies: An Innovative Case Competition Model
MDC, Inc.

Texas Community Colleges: Creating Rural Prosperity
MDC, Inc.

Conferences/Trainings

Economic Impact Analysis
February 24-26, 2003
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Rural Health Institute
November 4-8, 2002
Talladega, Alabama

Smart Growth in the Rural South
May 13-14, 2003
Lexington, Kentucky


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