SRSA 2026: 2026 MEETING OF THE SOUTHERN REGIONAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION

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Administrative burden	The Impact of SSA Field Office Closures on Disability Program Participation (Discussant: Sarah Drain)
affordability	You Get What You Measure: The Missing Sustainability Metrics in U.S. Regional Economic Development (Discussant: Timothy Slaper)
Affordable housing	Fiscal Decentralization and the Geography of Housing Assistance (Discussant: Mckenzie Boyce)
Agglomeration	The Shapes of Knowledge Spillovers: The ACKS Model (Discussant: Glen Martin)
Agriculture	Ancestral Irrigation and Culture: Women’s Rights (Discussant: Mulugeta Kahsai) Analyzing Patterns of Agricultural Land Uses Protected by a Statewide Program in Florida From Soil to Spoil: The Social and Economic Costs of Disconnection from Food Production
Agriculture and Environment	Upstream Agriculture and Downstream Drinking Water Compliance (Discussant: Jia Wang)
AI Risk
Air Quality	An Ecological-Economic Approach to Air Pollution Regulation in New Delhi, India (Discussant: Habeeb Oyewo)
amenities	The New Natural Amenities Scale: Conceptual and Empirical Advancements in Measuring Rural Natural Amenities in the United States (Discussant: Phil Watson) A General-Equilibrium Decomposition of Oregon Forestry Activity Across Counties (Discussant: Nyakundi Michieka) Quality of Life Differences between Metro and Rural America (Discussant: Zheng Tian)
Analysis of Health Care Markets	Healthcare Delivery and the Allocation of Clinical Labor (Discussant: Nancy Haskell)
anchor institutions	Rural Critical Institutions: A New Longitudinal Dataset for Evaluating Rural Livability (Discussant: Michael Hicks)
Appalachia	Impacts of Hydrogen Production Investments in the Appalachian Region (Discussant: Vinicius Cicero)
Appalachian and non-Appalachian counties	HCV incidence: does location matter? Evidence of Ohio counties (Discussant: Caroline Welter)
Asset Ownership	The External Ownership Index: Measuring Local Control of Capital in Regional Economies (Discussant: Per Fredriksson)
B
Banking consolidation	Banking Consolidation and Innovation in the United States (Discussant: Lindsey Elliott)
Bartik instrument	Chinese import shocks and US rural development (Discussant: Kyle Hood)
Behavioral economics	Who Responds to Which Safety Message: Designing Safety Communications for Forestry Workers with Different Injury Histories (Discussant: Daniel Centuriao)
Broadband Access	Education Deserts, Broadband Access, and Workforce Credential Preferences (Discussant: Yuan Zhuang) Closing the Digital Divide: New Insights on U.S. Broadband Availability (Discussant: Michael Hicks)
Business Environment Index	Regional Food Dynamics: Exploring the Business Environment at the Intersection of Economic, Cultural and Political Capitals (Discussant: Sarah Low)
business taxes and subsidies	Reindustrialization Meets Rural Reality: The Limits of FDI-Led Development (Discussant: Shengrong Hu)
C
census tract	Exploring the New Integrated Metropolitan-to-Frontier Area Codes (IMFAC) (Discussant: Amit Batabyal)
civic infrastructure	Rural Critical Institutions: A New Longitudinal Dataset for Evaluating Rural Livability (Discussant: Michael Hicks)
Clean energy transition	Impacts of Hydrogen Production Investments in the Appalachian Region (Discussant: Vinicius Cicero)
Climate Risk and Natural Hazards	Exploring the Interface between Community Vitality and Resilience to Natural Hazards (Discussant: Nathan Palardy)
Clustering	The Shapes of Knowledge Spillovers: The ACKS Model (Discussant: Glen Martin)
Collective Bargaining	Examining the impact of the minority threat hypothesis on Right to Work laws (Discussant: Olivia Gonzalez)
community development	Uneven Ground: Public Funding Gaps Between Rural and Nonrural America (Discussant: McKenzie Boyce)
Community Resilience	Exploring the Interface between Community Vitality and Resilience to Natural Hazards (Discussant: Nathan Palardy)
counterfactual	A General-Equilibrium Decomposition of Oregon Forestry Activity Across Counties (Discussant: Nyakundi Michieka)
county	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)
County Scale	Title: Understanding land use land cover change and the implications on the food,-energy-water (FEW) nexus (Discussant: Sachin Sisodiya)
COVID-19	EFFECTS OF THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM ON BUSINESS PAYMENT PERFORMANCE (Discussant: Gustavo Barboza)
Creative Class	Competition between the Creative Class and a Regional Government: A Firm Level Analysis (Discussant: Bill Provaznik)
Credit-card spending	The Geography of Consumption: Local Responses to National Shocks (Discussant: Oudom Hean)
criminal behavior
critial institutions	Rural Critical Institutions: A New Longitudinal Dataset for Evaluating Rural Livability (Discussant: Michael Hicks)
Culture	Traditional Religion and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from China (Discussant: Amanda Weinstein)
Cumulative prospect theory	Who Responds to Which Safety Message: Designing Safety Communications for Forestry Workers with Different Injury Histories (Discussant: Daniel Centuriao)
D
data centers	Data Center Location and Expansion: The Role of State Incentives (Discussant: Carlianne Patrick)
difference-in-differences	EFFECTS OF THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM ON BUSINESS PAYMENT PERFORMANCE (Discussant: Gustavo Barboza)
Digital Divide	Closing the Digital Divide: New Insights on U.S. Broadband Availability (Discussant: Michael Hicks)
Disability	The Impact of SSA Field Office Closures on Disability Program Participation (Discussant: Sarah Drain)
Dutch disease	Resource boom, export composition, concentration, and sophistication: evidence from Brazilian local economies (Discussant: Xiaoyin Li)
Dynamic County Typologies	Community Pathways to Health Resilience: A Pathways Approach (Discussant: Tessa Conroy)
Dynamic Equilibrium Models
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Early-stage entrepreneurship
economic cost	From Soil to Spoil: The Social and Economic Costs of Disconnection from Food Production
Economic Deregulation	Examining the impact of the minority threat hypothesis on Right to Work laws (Discussant: Olivia Gonzalez)
economic development	Skill-based Occupational Connectivity and Local Labor Market Development (Discussant: Munkaila Lambongang) Investing in Neighborhoods: Evidence from the New Markets Tax Credits (Discussant: Cynthia Rogers) Institutional Persistence and Economic Development Across America's Sundown Towns (Discussant: Michael Hicks)
Economic development incentives	Data Center Location and Expansion: The Role of State Incentives (Discussant: Carlianne Patrick)
economic development metrics	You Get What You Measure: The Missing Sustainability Metrics in U.S. Regional Economic Development (Discussant: Timothy Slaper)
economic development strategy	The Company You Keep: Surprising revelations from peer regions (Discussant: Elizabeth Dobis)
Economic growth	Banking Consolidation and Innovation in the United States (Discussant: Lindsey Elliott) The Shapes of Knowledge Spillovers: The ACKS Model (Discussant: Glen Martin)
Economic impact analysis	Impacts of Hydrogen Production Investments in the Appalachian Region (Discussant: Vinicius Cicero)
Economic impacts	Long-distance trails and rural economic development (Discussant: David McGranahan)
economic opportunities
Economic Policies	The External Ownership Index: Measuring Local Control of Capital in Regional Economies (Discussant: Per Fredriksson)
Economic Resilience
Education deserts	Education Deserts, Broadband Access, and Workforce Credential Preferences (Discussant: Yuan Zhuang)
Efficiency	Two Forms of Taxation, Majority Voting, and Water Pollution Cleanup in the Ganges (Discussant: Mustahsin Aziz)
Electricity access	Public Debt and Electricity Access in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Mediating Roles of Governance and Human Development. (Discussant: Saani Rawat)
employer structure	Sector-County Outlier Relative Employer (SCORE) Establishments and Inequality (Discussant: Austin Sanders)
Employment	Does the Sector of Employment Affect Migration Intentions? New Evidence from RRDC’s Baseline Survey 2024 (Discussant: Laura Pacheco de Souza)
Employment Dynamics	Local Economic Impacts of Food Manufacturing Plant Closures in the Midwest (Discussant: Frank Seo)
Energy Costs	Rising Energy Costs and Income Inequality in the U.S. (Discussant: Roberto Koeneke)
Entrepreneurial ecosystems
entrepreneurship	Traditional Religion and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from China (Discussant: Amanda Weinstein) 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)
environment	The New Natural Amenities Scale: Conceptual and Empirical Advancements in Measuring Rural Natural Amenities in the United States (Discussant: Phil Watson)
Environmental regulation	Upstream Agriculture and Downstream Drinking Water Compliance (Discussant: Jia Wang)
essential businesses	Rural Critical Institutions: A New Longitudinal Dataset for Evaluating Rural Livability (Discussant: Michael Hicks)
Establishments	County Outlier Establishments and Alternative Inequality Measures: Comparative Results
EU–Russia trade	Measuring trade decoupling and diversion in Russia – A Structural Decomposition Analysis (Discussant: Minsu Kim)
Experimental economics	Who Responds to Which Safety Message: Designing Safety Communications for Forestry Workers with Different Injury Histories (Discussant: Daniel Centuriao)
Externalities	Impact of Sporting Events on Traffic Safety (Discussant: Michael Cary)
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Farmer productivity	Spatial Analysis of Minimum Qualifying Yield and Productivity: Evidence from India's Legal Opium Farming (Discussant: Amit Batabyal)
Fiscal federalism	Fiscal Decentralization and the Geography of Housing Assistance (Discussant: Mckenzie Boyce)
Food manufacturing	Local Economic Impacts of Food Manufacturing Plant Closures in the Midwest (Discussant: Frank Seo)
Food production	From Soil to Spoil: The Social and Economic Costs of Disconnection from Food Production
Food-Water-Energy Nexus	Title: Understanding land use land cover change and the implications on the food,-energy-water (FEW) nexus (Discussant: Sachin Sisodiya)
foreign direct investment	Reindustrialization Meets Rural Reality: The Limits of FDI-Led Development (Discussant: Shengrong Hu)
forestry	A General-Equilibrium Decomposition of Oregon Forestry Activity Across Counties (Discussant: Nyakundi Michieka) Who Responds to Which Safety Message: Designing Safety Communications for Forestry Workers with Different Injury Histories (Discussant: Daniel Centuriao)
Formative experiences	Who Responds to Which Safety Message: Designing Safety Communications for Forestry Workers with Different Injury Histories (Discussant: Daniel Centuriao)
frontier	Exploring the New Integrated Metropolitan-to-Frontier Area Codes (IMFAC) (Discussant: Amit Batabyal)
Full-time year-round workers
Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity	Does Urban Local Governance Matter? Evidence from India (Discussant: Per Fredriksson)
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Ganges River	Two Forms of Taxation, Majority Voting, and Water Pollution Cleanup in the Ganges (Discussant: Mustahsin Aziz)
Gender	Ancestral Irrigation and Culture: Women’s Rights (Discussant: Mulugeta Kahsai)
general equilibrium	A General-Equilibrium Decomposition of Oregon Forestry Activity Across Counties (Discussant: Nyakundi Michieka)
Geography of Skills
governance	Public Debt and Electricity Access in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Mediating Roles of Governance and Human Development. (Discussant: Saani Rawat)
H
Hamilton–Perry Method	A Practical Framework for Forecasting Population Impacts of Industrial Projects in Small Rural Counties (Discussant: Kara Jones)
Harmful algal blooms	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)
HCV incidence	HCV incidence: does location matter? Evidence of Ohio counties (Discussant: Caroline Welter)
Health and economic development	Rural Health Disadvantages in the U.S.: The role of county characteristics on individuals’ biomarkers (Discussant: Trinity Foster)
Health Resilience	Community Pathways to Health Resilience: A Pathways Approach (Discussant: Tessa Conroy)
healthcare	Exploring the New Integrated Metropolitan-to-Frontier Area Codes (IMFAC) (Discussant: Amit Batabyal)
Healthcare Costs	The Economic Impact of Cancer in West Virginia (Discussant: Christa Court)
Hedonic property model	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)
High-frequency consumption	The Geography of Consumption: Local Responses to National Shocks (Discussant: Oudom Hean)
Higher education institutions	Beyond the Ivory Tower: Understanding the Impact of Rural Higher Education Institutions on Local Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (Discussant: Sara Katanchian)
homeownership	Natural resources development and homeownership: evidence from the fracking boom and bust (Discussant: Amit Batabyal)
Housing affordability	Housing Livability Index for U.S. Counties: A Comparative Analysis of 2013 and 2023 (Discussant: Tessa Conroy)
Housing market dynamism	Housing Livability Index for U.S. Counties: A Comparative Analysis of 2013 and 2023 (Discussant: Tessa Conroy)
Housing stocks	Housing Livability Index for U.S. Counties: A Comparative Analysis of 2013 and 2023 (Discussant: Tessa Conroy)
Hurricane Ian	The Impact of Hurricane Ian on the Unemployment Rate: Evidence from Lee County, FL (Discussant: Yong Chen)
Hydrogen economy	Impacts of Hydrogen Production Investments in the Appalachian Region (Discussant: Vinicius Cicero)
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Impervious surface coverage	The Impact of Infrastructure Obligations on Municipalities (Discussant: Elham Erfanian)
IMPLAN	Impacts of Hydrogen Production Investments in the Appalachian Region (Discussant: Vinicius Cicero)
income convergence	Catching Up or Falling Behind? The Pace of Income Convergence in Rural and Urban America (Discussant: Christopher Blake)
Individual–institutional interaction
Inequality	Rising Energy Costs and Income Inequality in the U.S. (Discussant: Roberto Koeneke) Sector-County Outlier Relative Employer (SCORE) Establishments and Inequality (Discussant: Austin Sanders)
Inequality Measures	County Outlier Establishments and Alternative Inequality Measures: Comparative Results
Information technology
Infrastructure planning	A Practical Framework for Forecasting Population Impacts of Industrial Projects in Small Rural Counties (Discussant: Kara Jones)
Innovation	Banking Consolidation and Innovation in the United States (Discussant: Lindsey Elliott)
Input-Output	Measuring trade decoupling and diversion in Russia – A Structural Decomposition Analysis (Discussant: Minsu Kim) Estimating interstate trade flows for the United States (Discussant: Ferreira João)
institutional persistence	Institutional Persistence and Economic Development Across America's Sundown Towns (Discussant: Michael Hicks)
Interstate trade	Estimating interstate trade flows for the United States (Discussant: Ferreira João)
inVEST Water Yield	Title: Understanding land use land cover change and the implications on the food,-energy-water (FEW) nexus (Discussant: Sachin Sisodiya)
Irrigation	Ancestral Irrigation and Culture: Women’s Rights (Discussant: Mulugeta Kahsai)
K
Knowledge Spillover Effect	The Shapes of Knowledge Spillovers: The ACKS Model (Discussant: Glen Martin)
L
Labor	Examining the impact of the minority threat hypothesis on Right to Work laws (Discussant: Olivia Gonzalez)
Land Use	Analyzing Patterns of Agricultural Land Uses Protected by a Statewide Program in Florida
Land Use Land Cover	Title: Understanding land use land cover change and the implications on the food,-energy-water (FEW) nexus (Discussant: Sachin Sisodiya)
Latent common factors	The Geography of Consumption: Local Responses to National Shocks (Discussant: Oudom Hean)
Learning from experience	Who Responds to Which Safety Message: Designing Safety Communications for Forestry Workers with Different Injury Histories (Discussant: Daniel Centuriao)
Lithium mine development	A Practical Framework for Forecasting Population Impacts of Industrial Projects in Small Rural Counties (Discussant: Kara Jones)
local government expenditures	Uneven Ground: Public Funding Gaps Between Rural and Nonrural America (Discussant: McKenzie Boyce)
Local infrastructure	The Impact of Infrastructure Obligations on Municipalities (Discussant: Elham Erfanian)
Local labor markets	Local Economic Impacts of Food Manufacturing Plant Closures in the Midwest (Discussant: Frank Seo)
Local Public Finance	How much does OKC’s Tax Increment Financing divert from Public Schools? (Discussant: Terry Rephann)
Local Value Retention	Regional Food Dynamics: Exploring the Business Environment at the Intersection of Economic, Cultural and Political Capitals (Discussant: Sarah Low)
M
Machine learning
Majority Voting	Two Forms of Taxation, Majority Voting, and Water Pollution Cleanup in the Ganges (Discussant: Mustahsin Aziz)
merchandise trade	Estimating interstate trade flows for the United States (Discussant: Ferreira João)
Metropolitan and Rural Counties	Quality of Life Differences between Metro and Rural America (Discussant: Zheng Tian)
Migration	Does the Sector of Employment Affect Migration Intentions? New Evidence from RRDC’s Baseline Survey 2024 (Discussant: Laura Pacheco de Souza)
Minimum Qualifying Yield (MQY)	Spatial Analysis of Minimum Qualifying Yield and Productivity: Evidence from India's Legal Opium Farming (Discussant: Amit Batabyal)
mining
Minority Threat Theory	Examining the impact of the minority threat hypothesis on Right to Work laws (Discussant: Olivia Gonzalez)
Mortality risk factors	Rural Health Disadvantages in the U.S.: The role of county characteristics on individuals’ biomarkers (Discussant: Trinity Foster)
Municipal finance	The Impact of Infrastructure Obligations on Municipalities (Discussant: Elham Erfanian)
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national debt	Public Debt and Electricity Access in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Mediating Roles of Governance and Human Development. (Discussant: Saani Rawat)
natural amenities	Valuing Rural Natural Amenities (Discussant: Elizabeth Dobis) Borrowing Amenities: Assessing the Value of Spatially Shared Natural Amenities on Local Quality of Life (Discussant: Sarah Low)
neighborhood change	Investing in Neighborhoods: Evidence from the New Markets Tax Credits (Discussant: Cynthia Rogers)
New Delhi	An Ecological-Economic Approach to Air Pollution Regulation in New Delhi, India (Discussant: Habeeb Oyewo)
Norms	Ancestral Irrigation and Culture: Women’s Rights (Discussant: Mulugeta Kahsai)
North Carolina Economic Forecast
Nutrition policy	The Impact of a KYNEP Social Marketing Campaign on Nonmetropolitan Resident Health (Discussant: Elizabeth Dobis)
O
Occupational Licensing	Healthcare Delivery and the Allocation of Clinical Labor (Discussant: Nancy Haskell)
occupational mobility	Skill-based Occupational Connectivity and Local Labor Market Development (Discussant: Munkaila Lambongang)
Occupational safety	Who Responds to Which Safety Message: Designing Safety Communications for Forestry Workers with Different Injury Histories (Discussant: Daniel Centuriao)
Oklahoma	Oklahoma Economic Forecast
Opportunity vs necessity entrepreneurship
Oregon	A General-Equilibrium Decomposition of Oregon Forestry Activity Across Counties (Discussant: Nyakundi Michieka)
Outlier analysis	Sector-County Outlier Relative Employer (SCORE) Establishments and Inequality (Discussant: Austin Sanders) County Outlier Establishments and Alternative Inequality Measures: Comparative Results
P
Particulate Matter	Exposure to Particulate Matter Obstructs Police Performance During Traffic Stops (Discussant: Ahsan Senan)
Patents	Banking Consolidation and Innovation in the United States (Discussant: Lindsey Elliott)
Paycheck Protection Program	EFFECTS OF THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM ON BUSINESS PAYMENT PERFORMANCE (Discussant: Gustavo Barboza)
peer analysis	The Company You Keep: Surprising revelations from peer regions (Discussant: Elizabeth Dobis)
performance indicators (KPI)	The Company You Keep: Surprising revelations from peer regions (Discussant: Elizabeth Dobis)
Persistence	Traditional Religion and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from China (Discussant: Amanda Weinstein)
place-based industrial policy	Reindustrialization Meets Rural Reality: The Limits of FDI-Led Development (Discussant: Shengrong Hu)
place-based investment	Uneven Ground: Public Funding Gaps Between Rural and Nonrural America (Discussant: McKenzie Boyce)
Plant closures	Local Economic Impacts of Food Manufacturing Plant Closures in the Midwest (Discussant: Frank Seo)
Police	Exposure to Particulate Matter Obstructs Police Performance During Traffic Stops (Discussant: Ahsan Senan)
Pollution Cleanup	Two Forms of Taxation, Majority Voting, and Water Pollution Cleanup in the Ganges (Discussant: Mustahsin Aziz)
Population	Rural Agglomeration: Using a county-level measure of population distribution to capture own-market effects on rural establishment demand thresholds (Discussant: Jason Brown)
population aging	DO AGING MICROREGIONS SAVE MORE? A SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF SAVINGS BEHAVIOR IN BRAZIL (Discussant: Nathan Kemper)
Population dynamics	Local Economic Impacts of Food Manufacturing Plant Closures in the Midwest (Discussant: Frank Seo)
Population Growth	Quality of Life Differences between Metro and Rural America (Discussant: Zheng Tian) The Long Tail of Hate: The KKK in Indiana (Discussant: Lindsey Elliott)
Population projections	A Practical Framework for Forecasting Population Impacts of Industrial Projects in Small Rural Counties (Discussant: Kara Jones)
Poverty
Principal component analysis	Housing Livability Index for U.S. Counties: A Comparative Analysis of 2013 and 2023 (Discussant: Tessa Conroy)
Private Firm	Competition between the Creative Class and a Regional Government: A Firm Level Analysis (Discussant: Bill Provaznik)
productivity	A General-Equilibrium Decomposition of Oregon Forestry Activity Across Counties (Discussant: Nyakundi Michieka)
Productivity Shocks
Prosperity Indices	Exploring the Interface between Community Vitality and Resilience to Natural Hazards (Discussant: Nathan Palardy)
Public Firm	Competition between the Creative Class and a Regional Government: A Firm Level Analysis (Discussant: Bill Provaznik)
Public Goods Provision	Does Urban Local Governance Matter? Evidence from India (Discussant: Per Fredriksson)
Public Health Economics	The Economic Impact of Cancer in West Virginia (Discussant: Christa Court)
Public health interventions	The Impact of a KYNEP Social Marketing Campaign on Nonmetropolitan Resident Health (Discussant: Elizabeth Dobis)
Public policy	Analyzing Patterns of Agricultural Land Uses Protected by a Statewide Program in Florida
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Quality of Life	Rural Critical Institutions: A New Longitudinal Dataset for Evaluating Rural Livability (Discussant: Michael Hicks) Quality of Life Differences between Metro and Rural America (Discussant: Zheng Tian) Borrowing Amenities: Assessing the Value of Spatially Shared Natural Amenities on Local Quality of Life (Discussant: Sarah Low)
quantitative spatial equilibrium	A General-Equilibrium Decomposition of Oregon Forestry Activity Across Counties (Discussant: Nyakundi Michieka)
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racial exclusion	Institutional Persistence and Economic Development Across America's Sundown Towns (Discussant: Michael Hicks)
Racism	The Long Tail of Hate: The KKK in Indiana (Discussant: Lindsey Elliott)
Recency bias	Who Responds to Which Safety Message: Designing Safety Communications for Forestry Workers with Different Injury Histories (Discussant: Daniel Centuriao)
recreation	Long-distance trails and rural economic development (Discussant: David McGranahan) Valuing Rural Natural Amenities (Discussant: Elizabeth Dobis)
regional benchmarking	The Company You Keep: Surprising revelations from peer regions (Discussant: Elizabeth Dobis)
Regional development	Traditional Religion and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from China (Discussant: Amanda Weinstein) Skill-based Occupational Connectivity and Local Labor Market Development (Discussant: Munkaila Lambongang) Impacts of Hydrogen Production Investments in the Appalachian Region (Discussant: Vinicius Cicero)
Regional differences	Banking Consolidation and Innovation in the United States (Discussant: Lindsey Elliott)
Regional Economic Development	The External Ownership Index: Measuring Local Control of Capital in Regional Economies (Discussant: Per Fredriksson) Natural resources development and homeownership: evidence from the fracking boom and bust (Discussant: Amit Batabyal)
Regional economic growth	Resource boom, export composition, concentration, and sophistication: evidence from Brazilian local economies (Discussant: Xiaoyin Li)
Regional Economic Transitions
regional economics	A General-Equilibrium Decomposition of Oregon Forestry Activity Across Counties (Discussant: Nyakundi Michieka)
Regional Food Systems	Regional Food Dynamics: Exploring the Business Environment at the Intersection of Economic, Cultural and Political Capitals (Discussant: Sarah Low)
Regional Government	Competition between the Creative Class and a Regional Government: A Firm Level Analysis (Discussant: Bill Provaznik)
Regional growth	The Long Tail of Hate: The KKK in Indiana (Discussant: Lindsey Elliott)
regional inequality	You Get What You Measure: The Missing Sustainability Metrics in U.S. Regional Economic Development (Discussant: Timothy Slaper)
regional planning	You Get What You Measure: The Missing Sustainability Metrics in U.S. Regional Economic Development (Discussant: Timothy Slaper)
Regional Variation in Professional Labor Markets	Healthcare Delivery and the Allocation of Clinical Labor (Discussant: Nancy Haskell)
Regulation	An Ecological-Economic Approach to Air Pollution Regulation in New Delhi, India (Discussant: Habeeb Oyewo)
resource boom	Resource boom, export composition, concentration, and sophistication: evidence from Brazilian local economies (Discussant: Xiaoyin Li) Natural resources development and homeownership: evidence from the fracking boom and bust (Discussant: Amit Batabyal)
Right to Work	Examining the impact of the minority threat hypothesis on Right to Work laws (Discussant: Olivia Gonzalez)
Rights	Ancestral Irrigation and Culture: Women’s Rights (Discussant: Mulugeta Kahsai)
Risk perception	Who Responds to Which Safety Message: Designing Safety Communications for Forestry Workers with Different Injury Histories (Discussant: Daniel Centuriao)
River Basin	Title: Understanding land use land cover change and the implications on the food,-energy-water (FEW) nexus (Discussant: Sachin Sisodiya)
rural	The New Natural Amenities Scale: Conceptual and Empirical Advancements in Measuring Rural Natural Amenities in the United States (Discussant: Phil Watson) Measuring the Pulse of Rural Entrepreneurship: Inside the Rural Entrepreneurship Index (Discussant: William Provaznik)
Rural classifications	Rural Agglomeration: Using a county-level measure of population distribution to capture own-market effects on rural establishment demand thresholds (Discussant: Jason Brown)
Rural development	Rural Agglomeration: Using a county-level measure of population distribution to capture own-market effects on rural establishment demand thresholds (Discussant: Jason Brown) Chinese import shocks and US rural development (Discussant: Kyle Hood) Long-distance trails and rural economic development (Discussant: David McGranahan) Does the Sector of Employment Affect Migration Intentions? New Evidence from RRDC’s Baseline Survey 2024 (Discussant: Laura Pacheco de Souza) Borrowing Amenities: Assessing the Value of Spatially Shared Natural Amenities on Local Quality of Life (Discussant: Sarah Low)
rural economic development	Beyond the Ivory Tower: Understanding the Impact of Rural Higher Education Institutions on Local Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (Discussant: Sara Katanchian) Reindustrialization Meets Rural Reality: The Limits of FDI-Led Development (Discussant: Shengrong Hu) Measuring the Pulse of Rural Entrepreneurship: Inside the Rural Entrepreneurship Index (Discussant: William Provaznik)
rural economy	Valuing Rural Natural Amenities (Discussant: Elizabeth Dobis)
rural growth	Catching Up or Falling Behind? The Pace of Income Convergence in Rural and Urban America (Discussant: Christopher Blake)
Rural Health Disparities	The Economic Impact of Cancer in West Virginia (Discussant: Christa Court) Rural Health Disadvantages in the U.S.: The role of county characteristics on individuals’ biomarkers (Discussant: Trinity Foster)
Rural Health Systems	Community Pathways to Health Resilience: A Pathways Approach (Discussant: Tessa Conroy)
Rural housing	Fiscal Decentralization and the Geography of Housing Assistance (Discussant: Mckenzie Boyce)
rural migration	Valuing Rural Natural Amenities (Discussant: Elizabeth Dobis)
Rural Population Loss	Does the Sector of Employment Affect Migration Intentions? New Evidence from RRDC’s Baseline Survey 2024 (Discussant: Laura Pacheco de Souza)
rural-urban	Exploring the New Integrated Metropolitan-to-Frontier Area Codes (IMFAC) (Discussant: Amit Batabyal)
rural-urban divide	Uneven Ground: Public Funding Gaps Between Rural and Nonrural America (Discussant: McKenzie Boyce)
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Safety equipment adoption	Who Responds to Which Safety Message: Designing Safety Communications for Forestry Workers with Different Injury Histories (Discussant: Daniel Centuriao)
savings behavior	DO AGING MICROREGIONS SAVE MORE? A SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF SAVINGS BEHAVIOR IN BRAZIL (Discussant: Nathan Kemper)
Scarring	Who Responds to Which Safety Message: Designing Safety Communications for Forestry Workers with Different Injury Histories (Discussant: Daniel Centuriao)
School Finance Equalization	How much does OKC’s Tax Increment Financing divert from Public Schools? (Discussant: Terry Rephann)
Searches	Exposure to Particulate Matter Obstructs Police Performance During Traffic Stops (Discussant: Ahsan Senan)
second demographic dividend	DO AGING MICROREGIONS SAVE MORE? A SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF SAVINGS BEHAVIOR IN BRAZIL (Discussant: Nathan Kemper)
Second-Generation Knowledge Spillover Effects	The Shapes of Knowledge Spillovers: The ACKS Model (Discussant: Glen Martin)
Sectoral spending dynamics	The Geography of Consumption: Local Responses to National Shocks (Discussant: Oudom Hean)
Semi-Markov Process	An Ecological-Economic Approach to Air Pollution Regulation in New Delhi, India (Discussant: Habeeb Oyewo)
simulation	A General-Equilibrium Decomposition of Oregon Forestry Activity Across Counties (Discussant: Nyakundi Michieka)
Small area forecasting	A Practical Framework for Forecasting Population Impacts of Industrial Projects in Small Rural Counties (Discussant: Kara Jones)
small business	EFFECTS OF THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM ON BUSINESS PAYMENT PERFORMANCE (Discussant: Gustavo Barboza)
Social cost	From Soil to Spoil: The Social and Economic Costs of Disconnection from Food Production
Social marketing	The Impact of a KYNEP Social Marketing Campaign on Nonmetropolitan Resident Health (Discussant: Elizabeth Dobis)
Social Security programs	The Impact of SSA Field Office Closures on Disability Program Participation (Discussant: Sarah Drain)
Socioeconomics factors	HCV incidence: does location matter? Evidence of Ohio counties (Discussant: Caroline Welter)
South Carolina Economic Forecast	South Carolina Economic Forecast
Spatial dependence / geographic clustering	The Geography of Consumption: Local Responses to National Shocks (Discussant: Oudom Hean)
Spatial dynamic factor model	The Geography of Consumption: Local Responses to National Shocks (Discussant: Oudom Hean)
spatial econometrics	DO AGING MICROREGIONS SAVE MORE? A SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF SAVINGS BEHAVIOR IN BRAZIL (Discussant: Nathan Kemper)
spatial economics	A General-Equilibrium Decomposition of Oregon Forestry Activity Across Counties (Discussant: Nyakundi Michieka)
Spatial Equilibrium	Quality of Life Differences between Metro and Rural America (Discussant: Zheng Tian)
Spatial inequality	Housing Livability Index for U.S. Counties: A Comparative Analysis of 2013 and 2023 (Discussant: Tessa Conroy)
Spatial spillovers	Spatial Analysis of Minimum Qualifying Yield and Productivity: Evidence from India's Legal Opium Farming (Discussant: Amit Batabyal)
Split sample approach	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)
Sports	Impact of Sporting Events on Traffic Safety (Discussant: Michael Cary)
staggered differences in differences	Data Center Location and Expansion: The Role of State Incentives (Discussant: Carlianne Patrick)
State Economic Forecast	Oklahoma Economic Forecast Virginia Economic Forecast
State Economy	Oklahoma Economic Forecast West Virginia Economic Forecast South Carolina Economic Forecast Virginia Economic Forecast
State Forecast	West Virginia Economic Forecast South Carolina Economic Forecast
state statistics	Estimating interstate trade flows for the United States (Discussant: Ferreira João)
Structural Decomposition Analysis	Measuring trade decoupling and diversion in Russia – A Structural Decomposition Analysis (Discussant: Minsu Kim)
Structural Transformation
Sub Saharan Africa	Public Debt and Electricity Access in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Mediating Roles of Governance and Human Development. (Discussant: Saani Rawat)
Subsidy	Competition between the Creative Class and a Regional Government: A Firm Level Analysis (Discussant: Bill Provaznik)
Sundown towns	Institutional Persistence and Economic Development Across America's Sundown Towns (Discussant: Michael Hicks)
Sweden
Synthetic Control Method	The Impact of Hurricane Ian on the Unemployment Rate: Evidence from Lee County, FL (Discussant: Yong Chen)
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tax credits	Investing in Neighborhoods: Evidence from the New Markets Tax Credits (Discussant: Cynthia Rogers)
tax incentives	Reindustrialization Meets Rural Reality: The Limits of FDI-Led Development (Discussant: Shengrong Hu)
Tax Increment Financing	How much does OKC’s Tax Increment Financing divert from Public Schools? (Discussant: Terry Rephann)
Taxation	Two Forms of Taxation, Majority Voting, and Water Pollution Cleanup in the Ganges (Discussant: Mustahsin Aziz)
Telecommunications Infrastructure	Closing the Digital Divide: New Insights on U.S. Broadband Availability (Discussant: Michael Hicks)
third places	Rural Critical Institutions: A New Longitudinal Dataset for Evaluating Rural Livability (Discussant: Michael Hicks)
Tourism	Long-distance trails and rural economic development (Discussant: David McGranahan)
trade credit	EFFECTS OF THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM ON BUSINESS PAYMENT PERFORMANCE (Discussant: Gustavo Barboza)
Trade decoupling	Measuring trade decoupling and diversion in Russia – A Structural Decomposition Analysis (Discussant: Minsu Kim)
Trade diversion	Measuring trade decoupling and diversion in Russia – A Structural Decomposition Analysis (Discussant: Minsu Kim)
Trade shock	Chinese import shocks and US rural development (Discussant: Kyle Hood)
Trade shocks	The Impact of Infrastructure Obligations on Municipalities (Discussant: Elham Erfanian)
Traditional religion	Traditional Religion and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from China (Discussant: Amanda Weinstein)
Traffic Stops	Exposure to Particulate Matter Obstructs Police Performance During Traffic Stops (Discussant: Ahsan Senan)
Trails	Long-distance trails and rural economic development (Discussant: David McGranahan)
Transportation	Impact of Sporting Events on Traffic Safety (Discussant: Michael Cary)
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Uncertainty	An Ecological-Economic Approach to Air Pollution Regulation in New Delhi, India (Discussant: Habeeb Oyewo)
Unemployment Rate	The Impact of Hurricane Ian on the Unemployment Rate: Evidence from Lee County, FL (Discussant: Yong Chen)
urban and rural	HCV incidence: does location matter? Evidence of Ohio counties (Discussant: Caroline Welter)
urban growth	Catching Up or Falling Behind? The Pace of Income Convergence in Rural and Urban America (Discussant: Christopher Blake)
Urban Local Governance	Does Urban Local Governance Matter? Evidence from India (Discussant: Per Fredriksson)
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VAR(1) / sectoral spillovers	The Geography of Consumption: Local Responses to National Shocks (Discussant: Oudom Hean)
Virginia Economic Forecast	Virginia Economic Forecast
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wage sustainability	You Get What You Measure: The Missing Sustainability Metrics in U.S. Regional Economic Development (Discussant: Timothy Slaper)
Wages	Local Economic Impacts of Food Manufacturing Plant Closures in the Midwest (Discussant: Frank Seo)
Water Pollution	Upstream Agriculture and Downstream Drinking Water Compliance (Discussant: Jia Wang)
Welfare	Rising Energy Costs and Income Inequality in the U.S. (Discussant: Roberto Koeneke)
West Virginia Economic Forecast	West Virginia Economic Forecast
Willingness to pay	Education Deserts, Broadband Access, and Workforce Credential Preferences (Discussant: Yuan Zhuang)
Workforce credentialing	Education Deserts, Broadband Access, and Workforce Credential Preferences (Discussant: Yuan Zhuang)
workforce participation	Skill-based Occupational Connectivity and Local Labor Market Development (Discussant: Munkaila Lambongang)
workforce retention	You Get What You Measure: The Missing Sustainability Metrics in U.S. Regional Economic Development (Discussant: Timothy Slaper)

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