NERCRD well-represented at North American Regional Science Council conference
(The presidential address PowerPoint file is available here.)
NERCRD-related presentations included:
- Detecting Agricultural Clusters with the Spatial-IO Location Quotient, by Zheng Tian, Penn State; Paul Gottlieb, Rutgers University; Elizabeth Dobis, Penn State; Andy Hira, Simon Fraser University; Neil Reid, University of Toledo; Stephan Goetz, Penn State
- Do Urban-Rural Interactions Matter for Economic Vitality in U.S. Regions? by Heather Stephens, West Virginia University; Elizabeth Dobis, Penn State
- Do Recessions Kill? Impacts of the Great Recession and Post-Recessionary Period on Rural Mortality Rates, by Cristina Miller, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Elizabeth Dobis, Penn State
- Local Economic Development Impacts of Agritourism, by Claudia Schmidt, Zheng Tian, and Stephan Goetz, Penn State.
- The Relationship Between Innovative Business Practices and Geographic Clustering for a Large Sample of US Agricultural Commodities, by Paul D. Gottlieb, Rutgers University; Stephan Goetz, Penn State; Neil Reid, University Of Toledo; Andy Hira, Simon Fraser University; Elizabeth Dobis, Penn State; and Zheng Tian, Penn State.
- Trends in the Co-location of Grapes and Wineries vs Hops and Breweries: 2002 to 2017, by Elizabeth Dobis, Penn State; Neil Reid, University of Toledo; Andy Hira, Simon Fraser University; Paul D Gottlieb, Rutgers University; Stephan Goetz, Pennsylvania State University
- Thoroughbred Stallions and Their Role in the Geography of Equine Clusters, by Paul D Gottlieb, Rutgers University; Karyn Malinowski, Rutgers University; Jennifer Weinert, Rutgers University; Elizabeth Dobis, Penn State
- Understanding the Effect of State Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs on Local Opioid Mortality, by Devon Meadowcroft, Penn State; David Peters, Iowa State University; Brian Whitacre, Oklahoma State University
- U.S. Farm Size Distribution and Local Economic Growth, by Zheng Tian, Stephan Goetz, and Claudia Schmidt, Penn State.