Rural Development Working Papers
Please Note: Some of these files are large--please contact us (nercrd@psu.edu) if you would like a paper copy.
If you would like us to consider your work for publication in this series, please send in a copy of your paper. Papers should be relevant and of interest to the entire Northeast Region.
Goetz, S.J., Y. Han, E. Hildabridle, L. Li, F. Tegegne, S. Tubene, and A. Wetherill. NERCRD Rural Development Paper No. 57. April 3, 2017. This document presents the content of a curriculum prepared for extension educators and others who are interested in conducting a network analysis of farmer groups.
Cleary, R., Bonanno, A. and C. Cho. Describing U.S. Households’ Food Purchasing Patterns across Poverty and Urban Status: the EFSNE project Market Basket. NERCRD Rural Development Paper No. 56. February 21, 2017.
RDP55: This booklet, written by George Morse, Charles French, and Scott Chazdon, explores practical and credible methods for using the "but for" rule to document Extension Community Development Impacts.
by Stephan J. Goetz and Yicheol Han. October 2014. Rural Development Paper no. 54
RDP53—This publication series includes two documents, including a program assessment and a list of Land Link programs in the US, as of February 2014.
RDP52 - Proceedings of the What Works! 2011 Conference: Entrepreneurship and Community Development in the Northeast. Conference Proceedings edited by Kathleen Liang and Stephan J. Goetz, April 2012. 3MB pdf.
RDP51 - Marcellus Shale Multi-State Academic Research Conference. Event Collaborators: Cornell University, Penn State University, West Virginia University, Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development, and Ben Franklin Technology Central and Northern PA, May 10-11, 2011
RDP50 - The Determinants of Rural Self-Employment: Insights from County-Level Data. Stephan J. Goetz and Anil Rupasingha, October 17, 2011
RDP49 - Sharing the Gains of Local Economic Growth: Race to the Top vs. Race to the Bottom Economic Development Policies. Stephan J. Goetz, Mark D. Partridge, Dan S. Rickman and Shibalee Majumdar. December 19, 2010.
RDP48 - Does Local Firm Ownership Matter? David A. Fleming and Stephan J. Goetz, December 3, 2010.
RDP47 - A Social Network Analysis of the May 2009 NE-RCRD Local Foods Conference: Technical Report. Kathryn Brasier and Stephan J. Goetz, July 15, 2010. PDF file.
RDP46 - Evaluating Rural Entrepreneurship Policy. Stephan J. Goetz, Mark Partridge and Steven C. Deller. June 28, 2009.
RDP45 - Natural Amenities and Rural Development: The Role of Land-Based Policies. David A. Fleming, David A. McGranahan and Stephan J. Goetz. June 2009.
RDP44 - An Introduction to Natural Gas Development and Workforces. Jeffrey Jacquet, January 2009.
RDP43 - Energy Boomtowns & Natural Gas: Implications for Marcellus Shale Local Governments & Rural Communities. Jeffrey Jacquet, January 2009.
RDP42 - Land Grant YES, Youth Entrepreneurship Symposium Proceedings. The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development, November 2008.
RDP41 - State Entrepreneurial Climate Estimates: An Update Based on the Kauffman Index. Stephan J. Goetz, September 2008.
RDP40 - What Entrepreneurs Mean for Your Community, and How Entrepreneurship Can Be Fostered. Jackie Yenerall, July 2008.
RDP39 - Population Change in the Northeast, 2000-2005. Tse-Chuan Yang and Anastasia R. Snyder, November 2007
RDP38 - Targeting Regional Economic Development: An Outline of a National Extension Educational Program. Stephan Goetz, Steven Deller and Tom Harris, July 2007
RDP38 - Targeting Regional Economic Development: An Outline of a National Extension Educational Program. Stephan Goetz, Steven Deller and Tom Harris, July 2007
RDP37 - Regional Listening Sessions on Rural Entrepreneurship: Lessons from the Northeast. Stephan J. Goetz and Walter Whitmer, July 2007
RDP36 - Evaluation Research and Strategy Development for the Tourism Enterprise Development: Activities of the Progress Fund. Martin Shields and David W. Hughes, August 2006.
RDP35 - A Systems Approach to Community Land Use Education, Planning, and Action. Timothy Collins and Stephan Goetz, June 2006.
A Systems Approach to Community Land Use Education, Planning, and Action. Timothy Collins and Stephan Goetz, June 2006
RDP34 - Stephan Goetz, December 2006. Article: http://www.jrap-journal.org/pastvolumes/2000/v37/F37-1-goetz.pdf
RDP33 - Stephan J. Goetz, September 2006
RDP32 - December 2005.
RDP30 - Walter Whitmer et al., December 2005
RDP29 - Stephan Goetz et al., October 2005.
RDP28 - Diane McLaughlin, October 2005.
RDP27 - Richard C. Ready, May 2005. Revised July 18, 2008
RDP26 - Stephan J. Goetz, Martin Shields and Qiuyan (Cindy) Wang, November 2004.
RDP25 - Nelson Bills, Charles Geisler, Al Sokolow and David Kay, October 2004.
RDP24 - Nelson Bills, September 2004.
RDP23 - Workshop Summary prepared by Charles Abdalla, August 2004.
RDP22 - Anil Rupasingha and Stephan J. Goetz, December 2003.
RDP21 - Workshop Proceedings prepared by Lori Lynch and Joshua M. Duke, September 2003.
RDP20 - Workshop Proceedings edited by Stephan J. Goetz and William Shuffstall, September 2003.
RDP19 - Workshop Proceedings edited by Stephan J. Goetz and Timothy W. Kelsey, September 2003.
RDP18 - Final Grant Report, Richard Ready and Charles Abdalla, June 2003.
RDP17 - Stephan J. Goetz, April 2003. Paper presented at ERS's Measuring Rural Diversity Conference, November 21-22, 2002, Washington, DC.
RDP16 - Stephan J. Goetz, February 2003. Paper presented at the Agricultural Outlook Forum 2003, February 20, Arlington, Virginia.
RDP15 - Final Grant Report, Edmund M. Tavernier et al., February 2003.
RDP14 - Bruce L. Gardner et al., September 2002. This pdf document is located on the website of the Center for Agricultural and Natural Resource Policy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
RDP13 - A reprint from The Review of Regional Studies, 2001. Stephen M. Smith and Kathleen Miller, October 2002.
RDP12 - Final Grant Report, Marc E. McDill et al., October 2002.
RDP11 - Conference Summary Proceedings prepared by Robert J. Johnston, October 2002.
RDP10 - A Comprehensive Research Agenda For the 21st Century. Stephan J. Goetz et al, May 2002.
RDP9 - Stephan J. Goetz, February 2002. Paper prepared for the Florida Land Use Research Workshop, February 21-22, 2002, Orlando, Florida.
RDP8 - Anil Rupasingha and Stephan J. Goetz, December 2001.
RDP7 - Conference Summary Proceedings prepared by Charles W. Abdalla, December 2001.
RDP6 - William J. Grigsby, October 2001.
RDP5 - Stephan J. Goetz, April 2001. Paper prepared for the second annual conference on European and U.S. Partnerships in Food and Agriculture Education and Research, April 4 and 5, 2001, Freising-Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, Germany.
RDP4 - Stephan J. Goetz and Brian E. Lego, November 2000, revised February 2001.
RDP2 - Stephan J. Goetz, December 1999.
RDP1 - Lawrence S. Cote and Dennis R. Godfrey, November 1999.