Days: Thursday, March 30th Friday, March 31st Saturday, April 1st
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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
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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
BEA 1
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) |
Recreation
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 |
Child Care
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 |
Coffee Break
Disasters 1
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 |
BEA 2
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 |
Labor 1
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 |
Quality of Life
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) Discussant: Daniela Luminita Constantin |
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 |
Awards Luncheon and Fellows Address
David McGranahan - “A Sociologist in Regional Science"
Finance
14:00 | Locational Determinants of Lending Deserts in the Rural United States (abstract) Discussant: Kristopher Deming |
14:35 | Credit Constraints on Military Spouses (abstract) Discussant: Charles Grigsby-Calage |
15:10 | The Impact of Dollar Stores on Food Deserts: A Machine Learning Approach to Predict Counterfactuals (abstract) Discussant: Andrew Van Leuven |
Agriculture/Rural 1
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 |
Taxation 1
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 |
Health 1
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 |
Entrepreneurship 2
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 |
Taxation 2
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 |
Health 2
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 |
Labor 2
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 |
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"
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Environmental
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 |
Neighborhoods 1
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 |
Innovation
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 |
Inequality
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 |
Health 3
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 |
Neighborhoods 2
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 |
Agriculture/Rural 2
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) Discussant: João-Pedro Ferreira |
Regional 1
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) Discussant: Juan Tomas Sayago Gomez |