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• Book Reviews
  April 30, 2025 CDT
  Book Reviews
  Brian W. Sloboda

  Book reviews of classic regional science books.

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• Articles
  April 30, 2025 CDT
  Local Spatial Autocorrelation and Local Spatial Heterogeneity Analyses of Subjective Poverty: A Study on the Provinces of Turkey
  Halim TatliFatma ZerenMeral Onder

  This paper examines the spatial distribution of subjective poverty across Turkey’s provinces.

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• Articles
  April 30, 2025 CDT
  Short-term and Long-term Response of Planting Behavior to Climate in the U.S. Corn Belt
  Alankrita GoswamiSiddhartha S. Bora

  The paper conducts an investigation in the context of planting behavior in the U.S. corn belt by leveraging a climate econometrics framework.

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• Articles
  April 30, 2025 CDT
  Economic Consequences of Climate-Induced Changes in Crop Yields in a Water-Abundant Region
  Grant J. AllanGioele FigusPrakash Pathak

  This paper estimates the historical relationship between climate variables and agricultural yields for four crop types, calculates the future productivity of land, and then simulates the economy-wide impacts.

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• Articles
  April 30, 2025 CDT
  A Systematic Review of Key Spatial Econometric Models for Assessing Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture
  Hassan AmouzayAhmed El Ghini

  This paper explores the limitations of traditional econometric models in accurately quantifying the impacts of climate change on agriculture.

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• Fellows Address
  December 31, 2024 CDT
  Carbon, Growth and Politics: U.S. States in the Early 21st Century
  Stephan J. Goetz

  2024 SRSA Fellows Address

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• Book Reviews
  December 31, 2024 CDT
  Book Reviews
  Brian W. Sloboda

  Book reviews of classic regional science books.

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• Articles
  December 31, 2024 CDT
  Tropical Cyclone Day-off Orders, Warnings, and Avoidance Behavior
  Pei-Jyun LuMark Skidmore

  This article uses aggregate transportation time-series data to capture avoidance behavior in response to tropical cyclones.

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• Articles
  December 31, 2024 CDT
  Spatial Discontinuities in Water Rights: Estimating Household Willingness-to-Pay for Unmetered Irrigation Water
  Matthew K. Gnagey

  This study aims to disentangle neighborhood differences to identify the value that households place on unmetered water rights for lawn irrigation.

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• Articles
  December 31, 2024 CDT
  The Effects of Disaster Relief Insurance on Drought Impacts: A Case Study of Southwest Oklahoma
  Katherine L. WelchDayton M. LambertLixia H. LambertAmy Hagerman

  This study quantified the direct and indirect economic losses experienced by five counties in southwestern Oklahoma that experienced exceptional drought at some point from 2000 to 2021.

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• Book Reviews
  August 31, 2024 CDT
  Book Reviews
  Brian W. Sloboda

  Book reviews of classic regional science books.

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• Articles
  August 31, 2024 CDT
  Weak vs Strong Knowledge Spillover Effects. Evidence from Geographic Distribution of Innovative Startup in Italy
  Gustavo BarbozaValerien Pede

  This paper introduces the concepts of weak and strong knowledge spillover effects within the context of the Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship.

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• Articles
  August 31, 2024 CDT
  Good Red Dog: The Long Term Economic Impact of Mining Activity in Rural Alaska
  Mouhcine Guettabi

  This paper estimates the long term effects of the Red Dog mine, an Alaska mine in the Northwest Arctic borough, on a variety of economic outcomes.

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• Articles
  August 31, 2024 CDT
  Political and Sociodemographic Determinants of Covid-19 Vaccination in Florida: A Spatial Analysis
  Amir B. Ferreira NetoRoxana Ruiz RodriguezJohn ShannonJuan Sayago Gomez

  This paper explores the determinants of Covid-19 vaccination in Florida, focusing on demographic, economic, and political preferences.

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• Presidential Address
  August 27, 2024 CDT
  Tapestry: Collaborative Tool for Regional Data and Modeling
  Philip WatsonGreg Alward

  2024 SRSA Presidential Address

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• Book Reviews
  April 30, 2024 CDT
  Book Reviews
  Brian W. Sloboda

  Book reviews of classic regional science books.

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• Articles
  April 30, 2024 CDT
  The Decision to Install a Rooftop Photovoltaic System by a Small Business: A Case Study
  Demitrius SchwartzAmitrajeet A. Batabyal

  This paper evaluates the economic prospects of a rooftop solar installation project for the firm under study.

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• Articles
  April 30, 2024 CDT
  Measuring Regional Competitiveness: New Insights Based on the RCI
  Adolfo MazaMaria Hierro

  This paper tests the robustness of the RCI results by modifying the dimensionality reduction technique and explores the importance of two factors in the analysis of regional competitiveness.

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• Articles
  April 30, 2024 CDT
  Social Vulnerability and COVID-19 Pandemic Outcomes: Evidence from Spatial Quantile Regression
  Jim LeeYuxia Huang

  This paper evaluates the empirical relevance of a prominent social vulnerability measure to local economic and public health outcomes at two distinct stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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• Articles
  April 30, 2024 CDT
  Can Bank Density Provide Insights on the Appropriation of Disaster Relief Funds? Evidence from the Paycheck Protection Program
  Austin LandiniKristopher DemingStephan Weiler

  This paper explores the relationship between bank density and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan dispersion by implementing precisely geocoded data to map loans to commuting zones.

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• Book Reviews
  January 02, 2024 CDT
  Book Reviews
  Brian W. Sloboda

  Book reviews of classic regional science books.

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• Articles
  December 31, 2023 CDT
  Jointly Modeling the Community Capitals and Their Influence on Economic Resilience
  Lauren RingwoodPhilip Watson

  This paper empirically investigates the community capitals framework and tests how variables identified in the literature combine to predict community resilience.

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• Articles
  December 31, 2023 CDT
  Determinants of Rural Migration Intent in Nebraska: Evidence from Rural Survey Data
  Christopher S. DeckerSteven A. SchulzJohn E. Erickson

  This study uses a Probit model to assess the determinants of migration in rural Nebraska.

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• Articles
  December 31, 2023 CDT
  Can Leviathan City Governments Use Tax Policy to Attract the Creative Class?
  Amitrajeet A. BatabyalHamid Beladi

  This paper examines whether the leviathan governments can use taxes to attract members of the so-called creative class.

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• Articles
  August 31, 2023 CDT
  Knowledge Spillover Effects and Employment Productivity in the Innovative Startups: Evidence from Italy
  Gustavo BarbozaAlessandro CapocchiSandra Trejos

  This paper analyzes the determinants and effects of technological catch-up and knowledge spillover effects on employment productivity in the Innovation Startup Segment in Italy.

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• Presidential Address
  August 31, 2023 CDT
  Economic Development Strategies: Taxes, Incentives, and Public Expenditures
  Carlianne Patrick

  2023 SRSA Presidential Address

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• Book Reviews
  August 31, 2023 CDT
  Book Reviews
  Brian W. Sloboda

  Book reviews of classic regional science books.

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• Articles
  August 31, 2023 CDT
  Tax Revenues and State Expenditures in the US with Balanced-Budget Requirements Using Panel VAR
  Zuyi WangMan-Keun Kim

  This paper examines Granger causality between state expenditures and tax revenues in the US with Balanced-Budget Requirements (BBRs).

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• Articles
  August 31, 2023 CDT
  Religion and Economic Growth: Evidence from U.S. Counties
  Luke PetachAiden Powell

  This paper examines the impact of religious participation on regional economic growth.

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• Articles
  August 31, 2023 CDT
  Using Taxes to Attract the Creative Class in the Presence of a Region-Specific Rent
  Amitrajeet A. BatabyalSeung Jick Yoo

  This paper analyzes interregional competition between two regions that use taxes to attract a representative creative class member.

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• Book Reviews
  April 30, 2023 CDT
  Book Reviews
  Brian W. Sloboda

  Book reviews of classic regional science books.

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• Articles
  April 29, 2023 CDT
  Increase in Inbound Tourists and Long-Term Decline of Rural Economy in Japan: A Multi-Regional Computable General Equilibrium Analysis
  Tomoru Hiramatsu

  This study conducted a simulation analysis using a multi-regional computable general equilibrium model to examine the economic impact of inbound tourists on 47 Japanese prefectural level regions.

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