SRSA 2026: 2026 MEETING OF THE SOUTHERN REGIONAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION

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Adedokun, Omolola	The Impact of a KYNEP Social Marketing Campaign on Nonmetropolitan Resident Health (Discussant: Elizabeth Dobis)
Aziz, Mustahsin	Upstream Agriculture and Downstream Drinking Water Compliance (Discussant: Jia Wang)
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Bailey, Savannah	From Soil to Spoil: The Social and Economic Costs of Disconnection from Food Production
Barboza, Gustavo	The Shapes of Knowledge Spillovers: The ACKS Model (Discussant: Glen Martin)
Batabyal, Amit	An Ecological-Economic Approach to Air Pollution Regulation in New Delhi, India (Discussant: Habeeb Oyewo) Competition between the Creative Class and a Regional Government: A Firm Level Analysis (Discussant: Bill Provaznik) Two Forms of Taxation, Majority Voting, and Water Pollution Cleanup in the Ganges (Discussant: Mustahsin Aziz)
Bednarik, Zuzana	Does the Sector of Employment Affect Migration Intentions? New Evidence from RRDC’s Baseline Survey 2024 (Discussant: Laura Pacheco de Souza)
Beladi, Hamid	Competition between the Creative Class and a Regional Government: A Firm Level Analysis (Discussant: Bill Provaznik) Two Forms of Taxation, Majority Voting, and Water Pollution Cleanup in the Ganges (Discussant: Mustahsin Aziz)
Blake, Christopher	Sector-County Outlier Relative Employer (SCORE) Establishments and Inequality (Discussant: Austin Sanders)
Boyce, Mckenzie	Borrowing Amenities: Assessing the Value of Spatially Shared Natural Amenities on Local Quality of Life (Discussant: Sarah Low)
Braga, Alessandro	The Shapes of Knowledge Spillovers: The ACKS Model (Discussant: Glen Martin)
Brown, Jason	Catching Up or Falling Behind? The Pace of Income Convergence in Rural and Urban America (Discussant: Christopher Blake)
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Cary, Michael	Exposure to Particulate Matter Obstructs Police Performance During Traffic Stops (Discussant: Ahsan Senan)
Centuriao, Daniel	Impact of Sporting Events on Traffic Safety (Discussant: Michael Cary) Closing the Digital Divide: New Insights on U.S. Broadband Availability (Discussant: Michael Hicks)
Chen, Yong	Who Responds to Which Safety Message: Designing Safety Communications for Forestry Workers with Different Injury Histories (Discussant: Daniel Centuriao) EFFECTS OF THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM ON BUSINESS PAYMENT PERFORMANCE (Discussant: Gustavo Barboza) A General-Equilibrium Decomposition of Oregon Forestry Activity Across Counties (Discussant: Nyakundi Michieka)
Cicero, Vinicius	Resource boom, export composition, concentration, and sophistication: evidence from Brazilian local economies (Discussant: Xiaoyin Li)
Conroy, Tessa	Borrowing Amenities: Assessing the Value of Spatially Shared Natural Amenities on Local Quality of Life (Discussant: Sarah Low) Rural Critical Institutions: A New Longitudinal Dataset for Evaluating Rural Livability (Discussant: Michael Hicks)
Court, Christa	Economic valuation of the impacts of compound water quality hazards: The case of the concurrent harmful algal bloom (HAB) events of 2018 in Southwest Florida (Discussant: Ahsan Senan)
Cromartie, John	Exploring the New Integrated Metropolitan-to-Frontier Area Codes (IMFAC) (Discussant: Amit Batabyal)
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Davis, Alison	Fiscal Decentralization and the Geography of Housing Assistance (Discussant: Mckenzie Boyce)
Deskins, John	The Economic Impact of Cancer in West Virginia (Discussant: Christa Court) West Virginia Economic Forecast
Dewbury, Adam	Beyond the Ivory Tower: Understanding the Impact of Rural Higher Education Institutions on Local Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (Discussant: Sara Katanchian) Measuring the Pulse of Rural Entrepreneurship: Inside the Rural Entrepreneurship Index (Discussant: William Provaznik)
Dewbury, Adam	Uneven Ground: Public Funding Gaps Between Rural and Nonrural America (Discussant: McKenzie Boyce)
Diogo, Sousa	Measuring trade decoupling and diversion in Russia – A Structural Decomposition Analysis (Discussant: Minsu Kim)
Dobis, Elizabeth	The New Natural Amenities Scale: Conceptual and Empirical Advancements in Measuring Rural Natural Amenities in the United States (Discussant: Phil Watson) Exploring the New Integrated Metropolitan-to-Frontier Area Codes (IMFAC) (Discussant: Amit Batabyal) Rural Health Disadvantages in the U.S.: The role of county characteristics on individuals’ biomarkers (Discussant: Trinity Foster)
Doherty, Jennifer	Exploring the New Integrated Metropolitan-to-Frontier Area Codes (IMFAC) (Discussant: Amit Batabyal)
Drain, Sarah	Healthcare Delivery and the Allocation of Clinical Labor (Discussant: Nancy Haskell)
Duchier, Aubin	The Shapes of Knowledge Spillovers: The ACKS Model (Discussant: Glen Martin)
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Elbakidze, Levan	Upstream Agriculture and Downstream Drinking Water Compliance (Discussant: Jia Wang)
Elliott, Lindsey	Beyond the Ivory Tower: Understanding the Impact of Rural Higher Education Institutions on Local Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (Discussant: Sara Katanchian) Examining the impact of the minority threat hypothesis on Right to Work laws (Discussant: Olivia Gonzalez)
Elliott, Lindsey	Uneven Ground: Public Funding Gaps Between Rural and Nonrural America (Discussant: McKenzie Boyce) Measuring the Pulse of Rural Entrepreneurship: Inside the Rural Entrepreneurship Index (Discussant: William Provaznik)
Ellis, Stephen	How much does OKC’s Tax Increment Financing divert from Public Schools? (Discussant: Terry Rephann)
Erfanian, Elham	HCV incidence: does location matter? Evidence of Ohio counties (Discussant: Caroline Welter)
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Ferreira, Joao	Data Center Location and Expansion: The Role of State Incentives (Discussant: Carlianne Patrick) Measuring trade decoupling and diversion in Russia – A Structural Decomposition Analysis (Discussant: Minsu Kim)
Ferreira, João	Virginia Economic Forecast
Foster, Trinity	The Impact of a KYNEP Social Marketing Campaign on Nonmetropolitan Resident Health (Discussant: Elizabeth Dobis)
Franz, Berkeley	HCV incidence: does location matter? Evidence of Ohio counties (Discussant: Caroline Welter)
Fredriksson, Per	Traditional Religion and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from China (Discussant: Amanda Weinstein) Ancestral Irrigation and Culture: Women’s Rights (Discussant: Mulugeta Kahsai)
Fulkerson, Jon	The Impact of Infrastructure Obligations on Municipalities (Discussant: Elham Erfanian)
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Gao, Shijun	Education Deserts, Broadband Access, and Workforce Credential Preferences (Discussant: Yuan Zhuang)
Gesser, João Pedro	DO AGING MICROREGIONS SAVE MORE? A SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF SAVINGS BEHAVIOR IN BRAZIL (Discussant: Nathan Kemper)
Gibson, Brody	Exploring the New Integrated Metropolitan-to-Frontier Area Codes (IMFAC) (Discussant: Amit Batabyal)
Goetz, Stephan	Chinese import shocks and US rural development (Discussant: Kyle Hood) Does the Sector of Employment Affect Migration Intentions? New Evidence from RRDC’s Baseline Survey 2024 (Discussant: Laura Pacheco de Souza) Housing Livability Index for U.S. Counties: A Comparative Analysis of 2013 and 2023 (Discussant: Tessa Conroy)
Gokmen, Gunes	Traditional Religion and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from China (Discussant: Amanda Weinstein)
Gonzalez, Olivia	Uneven Ground: Public Funding Gaps Between Rural and Nonrural America (Discussant: McKenzie Boyce) Measuring the Pulse of Rural Entrepreneurship: Inside the Rural Entrepreneurship Index (Discussant: William Provaznik) Institutional Persistence and Economic Development Across America's Sundown Towns (Discussant: Michael Hicks)
Goodman, Hunter	Education Deserts, Broadband Access, and Workforce Credential Preferences (Discussant: Yuan Zhuang)
Goodrich, Kathryn	Education Deserts, Broadband Access, and Workforce Credential Preferences (Discussant: Yuan Zhuang)
Green, Rikki-Leigh	The External Ownership Index: Measuring Local Control of Capital in Regional Economies (Discussant: Per Fredriksson)
Grieshober, Laurie	Exploring the New Integrated Metropolitan-to-Frontier Area Codes (IMFAC) (Discussant: Amit Batabyal)
Gupta, Satyendra Kumar	Ancestral Irrigation and Culture: Women’s Rights (Discussant: Mulugeta Kahsai)
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Hailu, Yohannes	Public Debt and Electricity Access in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Mediating Roles of Governance and Human Development. (Discussant: Saani Rawat)
Han, Luyi	Natural resources development and homeownership: evidence from the fracking boom and bust (Discussant: Amit Batabyal)
Haskell, Nancy	The Impact of Infrastructure Obligations on Municipalities (Discussant: Elham Erfanian)
Hean, Oudom	Banking Consolidation and Innovation in the United States (Discussant: Lindsey Elliott)
Hicks, Michael	The Long Tail of Hate: The KKK in Indiana (Discussant: Lindsey Elliott) Quality of Life Differences between Metro and Rural America (Discussant: Zheng Tian)
Hood, Kyle	Estimating interstate trade flows for the United States (Discussant: Ferreira João)
Hu, Shengrong	Local Economic Impacts of Food Manufacturing Plant Closures in the Midwest (Discussant: Frank Seo)
Huang, Qiping	The Impact of Infrastructure Obligations on Municipalities (Discussant: Elham Erfanian)
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Ji, James	Economic valuation of the impacts of compound water quality hazards: The case of the concurrent harmful algal bloom (HAB) events of 2018 in Southwest Florida (Discussant: Ahsan Senan)
Jones, Kara	Reindustrialization Meets Rural Reality: The Limits of FDI-Led Development (Discussant: Shengrong Hu)
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Kahsai, Mulugeta	Public Debt and Electricity Access in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Mediating Roles of Governance and Human Development. (Discussant: Saani Rawat)
Katanchian, Sara	The Geography of Consumption: Local Responses to National Shocks (Discussant: Oudom Hean)
Keene, Thomas Carl	Fiscal Decentralization and the Geography of Housing Assistance (Discussant: Mckenzie Boyce) The Impact of a KYNEP Social Marketing Campaign on Nonmetropolitan Resident Health (Discussant: Elizabeth Dobis)
Kemper, Nathan	Education Deserts, Broadband Access, and Workforce Credential Preferences (Discussant: Yuan Zhuang)
Kim, Minsu	Chinese import shocks and US rural development (Discussant: Kyle Hood)
Koeneke, Roberto	Economic valuation of the impacts of compound water quality hazards: The case of the concurrent harmful algal bloom (HAB) events of 2018 in Southwest Florida (Discussant: Ahsan Senan)
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Lambongang, Munkaila	Impacts of Hydrogen Production Investments in the Appalachian Region (Discussant: Vinicius Cicero)
Lee, Soomi	EFFECTS OF THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM ON BUSINESS PAYMENT PERFORMANCE (Discussant: Gustavo Barboza)
Lewin, Paul	EFFECTS OF THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM ON BUSINESS PAYMENT PERFORMANCE (Discussant: Gustavo Barboza)
Li, Xiaoyin	Skill-based Occupational Connectivity and Local Labor Market Development (Discussant: Munkaila Lambongang)
Lin, Meimei	The Impact of Infrastructure Obligations on Municipalities (Discussant: Elham Erfanian)
Low, Sarah	Rural Health Disadvantages in the U.S.: The role of county characteristics on individuals’ biomarkers (Discussant: Trinity Foster)
Loy, Ryan	Education Deserts, Broadband Access, and Workforce Credential Preferences (Discussant: Yuan Zhuang)
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Martin, Glen	The Impact of Hurricane Ian on the Unemployment Rate: Evidence from Lee County, FL (Discussant: Yong Chen)
Marx, Ben	Investing in Neighborhoods: Evidence from the New Markets Tax Credits (Discussant: Cynthia Rogers)
McGranahan, David	Valuing Rural Natural Amenities (Discussant: Elizabeth Dobis)
McKenzie, Andrew	Education Deserts, Broadband Access, and Workforce Credential Preferences (Discussant: Yuan Zhuang)
Medeiros, Gabriel	Estimating interstate trade flows for the United States (Discussant: Ferreira João)
Menezes, Gabrielito Rauter	DO AGING MICROREGIONS SAVE MORE? A SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF SAVINGS BEHAVIOR IN BRAZIL (Discussant: Nathan Kemper)
Michieka, Nyakundi	Rising Energy Costs and Income Inequality in the U.S. (Discussant: Roberto Koeneke)
Miranda-Ramos, Kimberly	Analyzing Patterns of Agricultural Land Uses Protected by a Statewide Program in Florida
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Nankivel, Jaxon	Banking Consolidation and Innovation in the United States (Discussant: Lindsey Elliott)
Nason, David	Skill-based Occupational Connectivity and Local Labor Market Development (Discussant: Munkaila Lambongang)
Norris, Caroline	Exploring the Interface between Community Vitality and Resilience to Natural Hazards (Discussant: Nathan Palardy)
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Ogburn, Rob	You Get What You Measure: The Missing Sustainability Metrics in U.S. Regional Economic Development (Discussant: Timothy Slaper) The External Ownership Index: Measuring Local Control of Capital in Regional Economies (Discussant: Per Fredriksson)
Onega, Tracy	Exploring the New Integrated Metropolitan-to-Frontier Area Codes (IMFAC) (Discussant: Amit Batabyal)
Oyewo, Habeeb	Title: Understanding land use land cover change and the implications on the food,-energy-water (FEW) nexus (Discussant: Sachin Sisodiya)
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Parent, Olivier	The Geography of Consumption: Local Responses to National Shocks (Discussant: Oudom Hean) Spatial Analysis of Minimum Qualifying Yield and Productivity: Evidence from India's Legal Opium Farming (Discussant: Amit Batabyal)
Patrick, Carlianne	Investing in Neighborhoods: Evidence from the New Markets Tax Credits (Discussant: Cynthia Rogers)
Paul, Laura	The New Natural Amenities Scale: Conceptual and Empirical Advancements in Measuring Rural Natural Amenities in the United States (Discussant: Phil Watson)
Pritchard, Claire	You Get What You Measure: The Missing Sustainability Metrics in U.S. Regional Economic Development (Discussant: Timothy Slaper)
Provaznik, Bill	You Get What You Measure: The Missing Sustainability Metrics in U.S. Regional Economic Development (Discussant: Timothy Slaper) The External Ownership Index: Measuring Local Control of Capital in Regional Economies (Discussant: Per Fredriksson)
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Rainey, Ronald	Education Deserts, Broadband Access, and Workforce Credential Preferences (Discussant: Yuan Zhuang)
Rawat, Saani	Does Urban Local Governance Matter? Evidence from India (Discussant: Per Fredriksson)
Regmi, Sabina	Community Pathways to Health Resilience: A Pathways Approach (Discussant: Tessa Conroy) Regional Food Dynamics: Exploring the Business Environment at the Intersection of Economic, Cultural and Political Capitals (Discussant: Sarah Low)
Rephann, Terry	Data Center Location and Expansion: The Role of State Incentives (Discussant: Carlianne Patrick)
Restrepo, Brandon	Rural Health Disadvantages in the U.S.: The role of county characteristics on individuals’ biomarkers (Discussant: Trinity Foster)
Rickman, Dan	Oklahoma Economic Forecast
Rogers, Cynthia	How much does OKC’s Tax Increment Financing divert from Public Schools? (Discussant: Terry Rephann)
Rosebush, Drew	Uneven Ground: Public Funding Gaps Between Rural and Nonrural America (Discussant: McKenzie Boyce)
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Sanders, Austin	Rural Agglomeration: Using a county-level measure of population distribution to capture own-market effects on rural establishment demand thresholds (Discussant: Jason Brown)
Sant' Anna, Ana Claudia	Impacts of Hydrogen Production Investments in the Appalachian Region (Discussant: Vinicius Cicero)
Scheffel, Matthew	Data Center Location and Expansion: The Role of State Incentives (Discussant: Carlianne Patrick)
Schiefelbein, Sean	Banking Consolidation and Innovation in the United States (Discussant: Lindsey Elliott)
Schmidt-Larios, Danielle	Borrowing Amenities: Assessing the Value of Spatially Shared Natural Amenities on Local Quality of Life (Discussant: Sarah Low)
Senan, Ahsan	Who Responds to Which Safety Message: Designing Safety Communications for Forestry Workers with Different Injury Histories (Discussant: Daniel Centuriao) A General-Equilibrium Decomposition of Oregon Forestry Activity Across Counties (Discussant: Nyakundi Michieka)
Seo, Frank	A Practical Framework for Forecasting Population Impacts of Industrial Projects in Small Rural Counties (Discussant: Kara Jones)
Sisodiya, Sachin	Spatial Analysis of Minimum Qualifying Yield and Productivity: Evidence from India's Legal Opium Farming (Discussant: Amit Batabyal)
Slaper, Timothy	The Company You Keep: Surprising revelations from peer regions (Discussant: Elizabeth Dobis)
Souza, Laura Pacheco de	DO AGING MICROREGIONS SAVE MORE? A SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF SAVINGS BEHAVIOR IN BRAZIL (Discussant: Nathan Kemper)
Stampe, Marianne Zwilling	DO AGING MICROREGIONS SAVE MORE? A SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF SAVINGS BEHAVIOR IN BRAZIL (Discussant: Nathan Kemper)
Stephens, Heather	Skill-based Occupational Connectivity and Local Labor Market Development (Discussant: Munkaila Lambongang) Closing the Digital Divide: New Insights on U.S. Broadband Availability (Discussant: Michael Hicks) Quality of Life Differences between Metro and Rural America (Discussant: Zheng Tian)
Streletskaya, Nadia	Who Responds to Which Safety Message: Designing Safety Communications for Forestry Workers with Different Injury Histories (Discussant: Daniel Centuriao)
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Taulbee, Lucas	Fiscal Decentralization and the Geography of Housing Assistance (Discussant: Mckenzie Boyce)
Thilmany, Dawn	Regional Food Dynamics: Exploring the Business Environment at the Intersection of Economic, Cultural and Political Capitals (Discussant: Sarah Low)
Tian, Zheng	Housing Livability Index for U.S. Counties: A Comparative Analysis of 2013 and 2023 (Discussant: Tessa Conroy)
Tian, Zheng	Does the Sector of Employment Affect Migration Intentions? New Evidence from RRDC’s Baseline Survey 2024 (Discussant: Laura Pacheco de Souza)
Tsegaw, Paulos	Public Debt and Electricity Access in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Mediating Roles of Governance and Human Development. (Discussant: Saani Rawat)
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Ulrich, Cornelia	Exploring the New Integrated Metropolitan-to-Frontier Area Codes (IMFAC) (Discussant: Amit Batabyal)
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van Duym, Dirk	Estimating interstate trade flows for the United States (Discussant: Ferreira João)
Van Leuven, Andrew	Rural Critical Institutions: A New Longitudinal Dataset for Evaluating Rural Livability (Discussant: Michael Hicks)
van Sandt, Anders	Community Pathways to Health Resilience: A Pathways Approach (Discussant: Tessa Conroy) Regional Food Dynamics: Exploring the Business Environment at the Intersection of Economic, Cultural and Political Capitals (Discussant: Sarah Low)
Verma, Riana	Sector-County Outlier Relative Employer (SCORE) Establishments and Inequality (Discussant: Austin Sanders) County Outlier Establishments and Alternative Inequality Measures: Comparative Results
Von Nessen, Joey	South Carolina Economic Forecast
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Wang, Hongbo	Oklahoma Economic Forecast
Wang, Jia	Natural resources development and homeownership: evidence from the fracking boom and bust (Discussant: Amit Batabyal)
Watson, Philip	Long-distance trails and rural economic development (Discussant: David McGranahan)
Weinstein, Amanda	Beyond the Ivory Tower: Understanding the Impact of Rural Higher Education Institutions on Local Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (Discussant: Sara Katanchian) Uneven Ground: Public Funding Gaps Between Rural and Nonrural America (Discussant: McKenzie Boyce) Measuring the Pulse of Rural Entrepreneurship: Inside the Rural Entrepreneurship Index (Discussant: William Provaznik) Quality of Life Differences between Metro and Rural America (Discussant: Zheng Tian)
Welter, Caroline	The Impact of SSA Field Office Closures on Disability Program Participation (Discussant: Sarah Drain)
Weng, Weizhe	Economic valuation of the impacts of compound water quality hazards: The case of the concurrent harmful algal bloom (HAB) events of 2018 in Southwest Florida (Discussant: Ahsan Senan)
Winters, John	Natural resources development and homeownership: evidence from the fracking boom and bust (Discussant: Amit Batabyal)
Woodward, Doug	South Carolina Economic Forecast
Wu, Keke	You Get What You Measure: The Missing Sustainability Metrics in U.S. Regional Economic Development (Discussant: Timothy Slaper) The External Ownership Index: Measuring Local Control of Capital in Regional Economies (Discussant: Per Fredriksson)
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Yuan, Weici	Natural resources development and homeownership: evidence from the fracking boom and bust (Discussant: Amit Batabyal)
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Zhu, Jiong	Traditional Religion and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from China (Discussant: Amanda Weinstein)
Zhuang, Yuan	Does the Sector of Employment Affect Migration Intentions? New Evidence from RRDC’s Baseline Survey 2024 (Discussant: Laura Pacheco de Souza)

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