SRSA2023: 2023 MEETING OF THE SOUTHERN REGIONAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION
PROGRAM

Days: Thursday, March 30th Friday, March 31st Saturday, April 1st

Thursday, March 30th

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12:30-14:45 Session 2

NE2249 Multistate Hatch Meeting

Location: Franklin
16:30-18:30 Session 3

State Economic Forecast Session

Chair:  John E Connaughton - UNC Charlotte

West Virginia Economic Forecast*, Brian Lego – University of West Virginia

Oklahoma Economic Forecast*, Dan Rickman and Hongbo Wang – Oklahoma State University

South Carolina Economic Forecast, Joey VonNessen – University of South Carolina

North Carolina Economic Forecast, John E Connaughton – University of North Carolina Charlotte

* Virtual

 

Location: Forsyth
19:00-21:00 Session 4

SRSA Executive Meeting

Location: Plaza
Friday, March 31st

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08:00-09:45 Session 6A

Publishing in Regional Science

Lei Zhang, Old Dominion University, Editor Review of Regional Studies

Tammy Leonard, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Editor Review of Regional Studies

Tessa Conroy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Editor Papers in Regional Science

John Winters, Iowa State University, Past Editor Papers in Regional Science

Location: Franklin
08:00-09:45 Session 6B

BEA 1

Chair:
Location: Forsyth
08:00
Update on Regional Research at the Bureau of Economic Analysis (abstract)
Discussant: Philip Watson
08:35
Developing Government Consumption and Investment Statistics by State (abstract)
Discussant: Dirk Van Duym
09:10
Developing Statistics on the Distribution of State Personal Income: Methodology and Preliminary Results (abstract)
08:00-09:45 Session 6C

Recreation

Location: Chatham
08:00
The Economic Impact of a Casino Monopoly: Evidence from Atlantic City (abstract)
Discussant: Roberto Koeneke
08:35
Evaluating the Economic Contributions of Saltwater Recreational Fishing in Florida’s Nature Coast (abstract)
Discussant: Bijeta Bijen Saha
09:10
Measuring the impact of Red Tide events on recreational fishing effort and expenditures in Florida (abstract)
Discussant: Adam Scavette
08:00-09:45 Session 6D

Child Care

Location: Pulaski
08:00
Regional Childcare Policy, Urbanization, and Population Dynamics (abstract)
PRESENTER: Tohru Naito
Discussant: Akiko Sakanishi
08:35
Changes in Family Formation and Reurbanization in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area (abstract)
Discussant: Michael Hicks
09:10
Quality of Life, Remote Work, and post-COVID Population Growth in U.S. Counties (abstract)
Discussant: Tohru Naito
10:15-12:00 Session 7A

Disasters 1

Chair:
Location: Franklin
10:15
The Impact of Wildfires on Regional Economy: Evidence from Oregon (abstract)
Discussant: Daniel Centuriao
10:50
Can construction sites affect the occurrence of motor vehicle accidents in cities? (abstract)
Discussant: Yong Chen
11:25
Leapfrog sprawl across the metropolitan USA over the last 20 years (abstract)
Discussant: Sowon Kim
10:15-12:00 Session 7B

BEA 2

Chair:
Location: Forsyth
10:15
Home Ownership and Job Dismissals: A Surprising Mix (abstract)
Discussant: Kyle Hood
10:50
Developing Quarterly Personal Consumption Expenditure by State Statistic (abstract)
Discussant: Kun Li
11:25
Developing a Regional Research and Development (R&D) Satellite Account (abstract)
Discussant: Mahsa Gholizadeh
10:15-12:00 Session 7C

Labor 1

Location: Chatham
10:15
Good job, bad job: Decomposing regional wage differences into sector and factor bias components (abstract)
Discussant: John Connaughton
10:50
The Spatial Distribution of Skills and Local Labor Market Impacts from the COVID-19 Shock (abstract)
Discussant: Philip Watson
11:25
State Labor Force Participation Rates (abstract)
Discussant: David Nason
10:15-12:00 Session 7D

Quality of Life

Location: Pulaski
10:15
Too Cold to Venture There? January Temperature and Immigrant Self-Employment across the United States (abstract)
Discussant: Amanda Weinstein
10:50
Business Dynamism and Quality of Life (abstract)
11:25
COHESION AND SPATIAL JUSTICE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION. A SCENARIO-BASED APPROACH WITH A FOCUS ON TRANSPORT AND MOBILITY ISSUES (abstract)
Discussant: John Winters
12:15-13:45 Awards Luncheon and Fellows Address

Awards Luncheon and Fellows Address

David McGranahan - “A Sociologist in Regional Science"

14:00-15:45 Session 8A

Finance

Location: Franklin
14:00
Locational Determinants of Lending Deserts in the Rural United States (abstract)
Discussant: Kristopher Deming
14:35
Credit Constraints on Military Spouses (abstract)
15:10
The Impact of Dollar Stores on Food Deserts: A Machine Learning Approach to Predict Counterfactuals (abstract)
Discussant: Andrew Van Leuven
14:00-15:45 Session 8B

Agriculture/Rural 1

Location: Forsyth
14:00
The Effect of Cooperative Alliances on Wheat Basis (abstract)
Discussant: Austin Sanders
14:35
Rural Agglomeration: Examining Trends and Determinants of the Population Distribution Between Towns and the Open-Countryside in Rural America (abstract)
Discussant: Thomas Harris
15:10
Estimation of Multi-Regional Impacts of Reductions in Public Land Grazing in Elko County by Employing Exogenous Output Change (abstract)
Discussant: Dayton Lambert
14:00-15:45 Session 8C

Taxation 1

Location: Chatham
14:00
Agglomeration and Progressive Taxation (abstract)
Discussant: Nick Messenger
14:35
Do Residential Property Tax Abatements Help or Harm Municipalities? Quasi-experimental Evidence from Ohio (abstract)
Discussant: Steven Deller
15:10
Revisiting the Role of Local Taxation on Economic Growth: A Case Study of Wisconsin (abstract)
Discussant: Juan Carlos Lopez
14:00-15:45 Session 8D

Health 1

Location: Pulaski
14:00
Impact of Recreational Marijuana Legalization on State Economies (abstract)
Discussant: Jia Wang
14:35
Are people healthier and happier during an economic boom? (abstract)
Discussant: David A McGranahan
15:10
Toward an Understanding of the New Urban-Rural Mortality Gap. (abstract)
Discussant: Mark Partridge
16:15-18:00 Session 9A

Entrepreneurship 2

Location: Franklin
16:15
What drives the new firm formation in China: The role of cultural diversity (abstract)
Discussant: Zheng Tian
16:50
User Entrepreneurship and Firm Employment Growth (abstract)
Discussant: Tessa Conroy
17:25
Childcare Closures and Female Entrepreneurship During the Pandemic (abstract)
Discussant: Wanting Xu
16:15-18:00 Session 9B

Taxation 2

Location: Forsyth
16:15
Assessing the impact of regional economic development incentives on state and local migration (abstract)
Discussant: Elham Erfanian
16:50
Public Utility Tangible Personal Property Tax and School Districts in Ohio (abstract)
Discussant: Douglas Woodward
17:25
Talent agglomeration in U.S. regions: An analysis of U.S. Census Microdata (abstract)
Discussant: Shawn Nanney
16:15-18:00 Session 9C

Health 2

Location: Chatham
16:15
Is Obesity affected by Urban Sprawl? Evidence from Brazil (abstract)
Discussant: Mckenzie Boyce
16:41
Factors influencing the difference between American male and female life expectancy (abstract)
Discussant: Mark Burkey
17:07
The Repeal of Roe: Changes in Accessibility to Abortion in the United States and its Effects on Women and Children (abstract)
Discussant: Tammy Leonard
17:33
Do people pay to avoid Black neighbors? (abstract)
Discussant: Caroline Welter
16:15-17:45 Session 9D

Labor 2

Location: Pulaski
16:15
Labor Market Returns for Linguistic Clusters: An Application of Gravity Models to Employment and Compensation Outcomes (abstract)
Discussant: Timothy Wojan
16:50
The Comparable Wage Index for Teachers vs the Florida Price Level Index: Comparability Constructs, Sample, and Data (abstract)
Discussant: Meng-Ting Chen
17:25
Synthetic PUMS for Contextual Analysis of Establishment Data? Soliciting Ideas to Increase Utility for Regional Scientists (abstract)
Discussant: Jim Dewey
18:00-19:00 Session 10: Undergraduate Poster Session

Denise See Yee Wong, Georgia State University, "Obesity and food access: a paradox of choice?"

Cedric Spain, Morehouse College, How Emotions, "Affect the Performance of Collegiate Athletes"

Jeremiah Kentrell Smoot, Morehouse College, "To Listen or Not to Listen. That is the Question"

Carrington Daniels, Clayton State University, "Survival of the Fittest"

Jabari Leroy Smith, Morehouse College, "Effects Of Cell Phone Use On Gait Speed"

Miles Lazarus Thompson, Clayton State University, "Touching Digital Natives vs Digital Immigrants"

William Christian, Morehouse College, "Do Students Really Need More Space When Studying?"

Jalen Royce Wilson, Morehouse College, "Crossy Road Experiment"

Kendall Styles, Morehouse College, "Effects of Teaching Methods on Student Engagement"

Caroline Kreutzen, Emory University, "More Powerful Couples: Locational Choice for Advanced Degree Holders"

Location: Atrium
18:30-20:30 Reception

Reception

Location: Atrium
Saturday, April 1st

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08:00-09:45 Session 11A

Environmental

Location: Franklin
08:00
Should Water Pollution Cleanup in the Ganges be Centralized or Decentralized? (abstract)
Discussant: Michael Cary
08:35
Air Pollution and Physical Productivity: Evidence From Ultramarathons (abstract)
Discussant: Mengming Li
09:10
Driving Factors of Industrial Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Provinces of China From 2012 to 2017: Inter-provincial Substitutions in Electricity Generation and Consumption (abstract)
Discussant: Amit Batabyal
08:00-09:45 Session 11B

Neighborhoods 1

Chair:
Location: Forsyth
08:00
Housing Preferences in the Washington DC Core Metro Area: 2018 to 2023 (abstract)
Discussant: Meng-Ting Chen
08:35
High School Rank, Marginal Job Displacement, and Career Earnings: Evidence from the NBA (abstract)
Discussant: Keith Waters
08:00-09:45 Session 11C

Innovation

Location: Chatham
08:00
Innovation and Export – Evidence from the US Firms (abstract)
Discussant: Dayton Lambert
08:35
Craft Breweries as a Neighborhood Amenity (abstract)
Discussant: Luyi Han
09:10
Research Transparency on Contentious Topics: Exploring the Connection between Diversity and Innovation (abstract)
Discussant: Neil Reid
08:00-09:45 Session 11D

Inequality

Location: Pulaski
08:00
Spatial Perspective on Heirs’ Property and Wealth Inequality (abstract)
Discussant: Melody Muldrow
08:35
Examining the Racial Wealth Disparities in the Black Belt (abstract)
Discussant: Syed Fuad
09:10
Racial Bias in Property Taxation in Atlanta: The Difficulty in Reversing Structural Racism even after the rise of Progressive Political Leadership (abstract)
Discussant: Ayoung Kim
10:15-12:00 Session 12A

Health 3

Location: Franklin
10:15
Financial resources and hospital visits: What role does geography play? (abstract)
Discussant: Jason Brown
10:41
On Mask Wearing in Environments With and Without a Mask Mandate (abstract)
Discussant: Mouhcine Guettabi
11:07
City and Regional Demand for Vaccines Whose Supply Arises From Competition in a Bertrand Duopoly (abstract)
PRESENTER: Amit Batabyal
Discussant: Mouhcine Guettabi
11:33
The Effects of Recreational Marijuana Legalization on State Economies (abstract)
Discussant: Amit Batabyal
10:15-12:00 Session 12B

Neighborhoods 2

Location: Forsyth
10:15
Difficult Terrain and Access to Urban Areas (abstract)
Discussant: Nathan Palardy
10:50
Impacts of Stay-at-home Orders during the COVID-19 Pandemic on 101 Housing Markets in the United States (abstract)
Discussant: Elizabeth Dobis
11:25
Access and Attitudes Towards Leadership Education Among Local Elected Officials (abstract)
Discussant: Tammy Leonard
10:15-12:00 Session 12C

Agriculture/Rural 2

Location: Chatham
10:15
What is on the menu? Using WIOD to compare value chain of food services worldwide (abstract)
Discussant: Xiaohui Qiao
10:50
Relevance and accuracy in baseline data collection for rapid agricultural production loss estimation from hazard events: Florida and tropical cyclones (abstract)
Discussant: Mckenzie Boyce
11:25
Initial Findings from the Wisconsin Broadband Survey (abstract)
10:15-12:00 Session 12D

Regional 1

Location: Pulaski
10:15
Using regression discontinuity methods to explore the impact of the strike housing prices in Cali, Colombia (abstract)
Discussant: Kristopher Deming
10:50
Does the Earned Income Tax Credit Birth New Establioshments (abstract)
Discussant: Ben Blemings
11:25
Did the War on Terror Reduce Terrorism? No, and Assassinating Osama bin Laden Worsened It (abstract)