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2:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Registration |
Mezzanine level |
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4:00 pm - 5:45 pm |
Session 1A: State and Local Economic Development |
Pinckney |
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Session 1B: Tourism |
Laurens |
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7:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
SRSA Executive Council Meeting |
Calhoun |
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8:00 am - 5:00 pm |
Registration |
Mezzanine level |
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Session 2A: Local Economic Growth and Spatial Systems |
Laurens |
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Session 2B: Strategies and Policies in Local Public Finance |
Drayton |
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Session 2C: Amenities and Migration |
Calhoun |
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Session 2D: International Policy and Globalization Session |
Pinckney |
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Session 2E: Land Reform Policies |
Rutledge |
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Refreshment break |
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Session 3A: Econometric Applications to Migration |
Pinckney |
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Session 3B: New Economic Geography Approaches to Measuring Rural-Urban Interdependence |
Calhoun |
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Session 3C: Modeling Innovations in Regional Science Research |
Rutledge |
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Session
3D:
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Drayton |
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Session 3E: Agriculture and Rural Entrepreneurship |
Laurens |
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Awards Luncheon |
Gold Ballroom |
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Session 4A: The Impact of Rurality and Space on the Rural Healthcare System |
Calhoun |
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Session 4B: Technology, Innovation, and Regional Development |
Pinckney |
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Session 4C: Topics in Energy Markets |
Laurens |
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Session 4D: Research Issues and Economic Development Strategies |
Drayton |
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Session 4E: State and Local Economic Development |
Rutledge |
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Reception |
Gold Ballroom |
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8:00 am - 12:00 pm |
Registration |
Mezzanine level |
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Session 5A: Methods and Modeling Techniques: Game Theory Applications to Regional Science |
Middleton |
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Session 5B: Local Public Policy and Housing Decisions |
Drayton |
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Session 5C: Topics in International Trade and Finance |
Rutledge |
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Session 5D: Local Economic Development Policy |
Pinckney |
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Session 5E: Topics in household migration |
Laurens |
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Refreshment break |
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Session
6A: Symposium: Industry Cluster Initiative |
Pinckney |
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Session
6B: Recent Regional Accounts Research at BEA
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Middleton |
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Session 6C: Methods and Modeling |
Drayton |
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Session 6D: Local Economic Growth |
Laurens |
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Presidential Address & Business Meeting |
Gold Ballroom |
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Session 7A: Income Inequality and Poverty |
Middleton |
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Session 7B: International Economic Growth and Development |
Pinckney |
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Session 7C: Regional Economic Growth |
Drayton |
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Session 7D: Energy and Regional Development |
Laurens |
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Session 7E: Economic growth: The Interplay of Institutions and Geography |
Rutledge |
Thursday, March 29, 2007
4 – 5:45 pm
Pinckney
State and Local
Economic Development
Organizer
Richard J. Cebula,
Chair
Richard
J. Cebula,
Papers
Interstate Differentials in the Impact of Legislative Referenda on Political Participation
Richard J. Cebula,
No Child Left Behind and
Richard McGrath,
Karen Stollon,
Intrastate Voter Participation Rate Differentials in
Michael Toma,
Holly Meads,
Discussants
Willie J. Belton, Georgia Tech
Luther
Lawson,
Gerald
Scott,
Thursday, March 29, 2007
4 – 5:45 pm
Laurens
Tourism
Chair
Calvin
Blackwell,
Papers
Demand for Road Races: A Regional Analysis
George D. Santopietro,
Phil Holleran,
Effects of Government on Growth of Local Tourism Industry: An
Econometric Analysis of
Rebekka M. Dudensing,
David W. Hughes,
Martin Shields,
The Economic Impacts of The Exhibition Industry in Dubai: An
Uncommon Approach
Achmad Widjaja, United Arab Emirates University
Discussants
Martin
Shields,
Georgeann Artz,
George Santopietro, Radford University
Friday, March 30, 2007
8:30 – 10:15 am
Laurens
Local economic
growth and spatial systems
Chair
Ken Peterson, Furman University
Papers
Human Capital and Productivity in a Spatial Economic System
Martin Anderson
Urban Grasjo
Charlie Karlsson,
Collaborating to Respond and Win: Is Regional Upgrading Always Possible?
Luciano Kay, Georgia Institute of Technology
An
Inquiry into State Competitive Advantage: Determining the Causes of the Shift
Component in Shift-share Analysis
Steven R.
Miller,
Russell
W. McKenzie,
Discussants
Hamid Beladi,
Carlos
Carpio,
Yanchun
Liu,
8:30 – 10:15 am
Drayton
Strategies and
Policies in Local Public Finance
Organizers
Eric Scorsone and Kace Chalmers
Co-chairs
Eric Scorsone and Kace Chalmers
Papers
Local Option Sales Taxes: Impact on
Georgeanne Artz,
Judy Stallmann,
Do Growth Policies Really Matter? A Predictive Model of Economic Development
Economies of Scale in Local Government Services—The Case of 911 Dispatch Centers
Eric Scorsone,
Discussants
Richard
McGrath,
J.
F. O’Connor, Eastern
Friday, March 30, 2007
8:30 – 10:15 am
Calhoun
Amenities and
migration
Brian
Cushing,
Papers
The Differential Importance of Locational Attributes on Urban and Rural Migrants: Evidence from the NLSY
Dwight Adamson,
David E. Clark,
Mark Partridge,
Are Urban Amenities
Frank Goetzke,
Estimating the Demand for Environmental Quality: Evidence
from
John I. Carruthers,
David E. Clark,
Natasya Gray, Geomatrix Consultants, Inc.
Discussants
Brian
Cushing,
David McGranahan, Economic Research Service, USDA
Frank Goetzke,
Pinckney
International policy
and globalization
Chair
Lori
Dickes,
Papers
Testing for Market Integration in World Shrimp Markets
Ferdinand D. Vinuya,
Endogeneity and Tax H(e)aven Policy: An Empirical Note
Luisa Blanco Raynal,
Cynthia L. Rogers,
Discussants
Mark
Henry,
Justin
M. Ross,
Rutledge
Land
reform
Chair
Peter
Kresl,
The Reform of Communal Land in
Arno Reichenvater,
Kenneth Matengu,
An Examination of Motives Underlying the Adoption of Farmland
Protection Policies in
Odd J. Stalebrink,
Samuel E. Wilkinson,
Discussants
Shahdad Naghshpour,
University of Southern Mississippi
H.
Friday, March 30, 2007
10:30 am – 12:15pm
Pinckney
Econometric approaches to migration
David
E. Clark,
Papers
Applying the Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition to Spatially Dependent Migration Data
James P. LeSage,
Dustin Kirby,
Conditional Logit, IIA, and Alternatives for Estimating Models of Interstate Migration
Christiadi, University of the Pacific
Brian Cushing,
Modeling Small Business Growth, Migration Behavior, Local
Public Services and Household Income in
Gebremeskel H. Gebremariam,
Discussants
Robert
R. Dunn,
David
Clark,
Calhoun
New Economic
Geography Approaches to Measuring Rural-Urban Interdependence
Organizer
Dan Rickman,
Chair
Dan
Rickman,
Papers
Employment Growth in the American Urban Hierarchy: Long Live Distance
M. Rose Olfert,
The Geographic Diversity of
Mark D. Partridge,
The Roles of Household Versus Firm Amenities in Nonmetropolitan Distance-Based Growth Dynamics: A Hedonic Approach
Dan Rickman,
Discussants
John
Peter
Schaeffer,
David
Barkley,
Rutledge
Session
3C
Modeling innovations
in regional science research
Chair
Sarah
Low,
Papers
Regional Science Meets Sabermetrics: Using Measures of Income Inequality to Examine Levels and Trends in the Competitive Balance of Major League Baseball: 1901-2006
William Levernier,
Places Rated: The Sensitivity of Ranks to Attribute Weights
A.
E. Anthon Eff,
Approaches to Urban Competitiveness
Peter Karl Kresl,
Discussants
J. Matthew Fannin, Louisiana State University
Rebekka
M. Dudensing,
Michael
Walsh,
Drayton
Chair
David W. Hughes, Clemson University
Papers
Economic Incentives for Continuing Beachfront Development in
Calvin Blackwell,
Susannah Sheldon
Linking Sustainable Agriculture and Community Economic Development
Kenneth L. Robinson,
Carlos Carpio,
Kathy Wilson,
David W. Hughes,
Neighborhood Characteristics and Social Capital: Results from a Community Survey
Ken Peterson,
David Redburn,
Discussants
Cezar Mamaril,
Odd
Robert Gibbs, ERS/USDA
Laurens
Agriculture and rural
entrepreneurship
Chair
Sharon P. Kane, University of Georgia
Papers
Understanding Rural Entrepreneurs at the
Jason Henderson, Federal Reserve Bank of
Exploring County Level Farm and Farm-Related Data in Georgia
Sharon P. Kane, University of Georgia
Discussants
Paul McNamara,
Jason Henderson, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City—Omaha Branch
Friday, March 30, 2007
2:15- 5:00 pm (break 3:30-
3:45)
Calhoun
The Impact of Rurality and Space on the Rural Healthcare
System
Organizer
J. Matthew Fannin,
Chair
J.
Matthew Fannin,
Papers
Growth and Change in Rural
Paul McNamara,
Andrew Isserman,
Integrating Transaction Costs and Spatial Theory: An Application of Two Conceptual Frameworks to the Rural Health System
J. Matthew Fannin,
James N. Barnes,
A Spatial Econometric Model of Local Healthcare Spending
Discussants
Judith
Stallmann,
Eric
Scorsone,
Amy
M. Wolaver,
Pinckney
Technology,
Innovation, and Regional Development Session
Chair
E.
Anthon Eff,
Papers
Relating Employment Diversity for States to Creativity and Technology
Edward Nissan,
George Carter,
Invention, Innovation, and Regional Characteristics
Songpyo Kim,
Innovative Environments in the Nonmetro South: Implications for Nonmetropolitan Economic Development
David Barkley,
Doo-Hee Lee,
Examining Regional and Spatial Characteristics of Product and Process Innovations in the Canadian Food Processing Industry
Daniel Monchuk,
Mark Partridge,
Derek Brewin,
Discussants
Mark
Partridge,
Lei
Ding,
Robert Gibbs, ERS/USDA
David Swenson, Iowa State University
Topics in Energy
markets
Chair
Identification of the Factors Associated with Participation
in a Public Energy Loan Program in
Ferdinand DiFurio,
Ferdinand Vinuya, The World Bank
Energy Use Differential Between Developed and Underdeveloped Countries
Sumesh Arora,
Shahdad Naghshpour,
Application of Price-Elastic Supply Input-Output Model on
Hurricane Katrina and Rita: Case of Disruption in
Discussants
Joseph
J. St. Marie,
Stephen
M. Smith,
Drayton
Research issues and
economic development strategies
Chair
Michael
Toma,
Papers
Economic Development Strategies in the
Wie Yusuf,
Cezar Brian Mamaril,
Urban-Rural Differences in Time Preferences for Economic Development: Results of a National Survey
Scott Loveridge,
Janet Bokemeier,
A Research Agenda for Business Incubators as an Economic Development Tool
Lori Dickes,
David W. Hughes,
Exploring Gap Analysis to Evaluate Participant Satisfaction with Economic Development Planning Programs
Peter V. Schaeffer,
Michael F. Walsh,
Discussants
David
W. Hughes,
M.
Rose Olfert,
George
W. Hammond,
Roger
Stough,
Rutledge
State and local
economic development
Chair
Raymond
J. Rhodes,
Papers
Can the Median Voter Affect Other Governments?
Olugbenga Ajilore,
Elected versus Appointed Property Tax Assessors
Justin M. Ross,
Interstate Spillovers of Private Capital and Public Spending
Brian W.
Vincent W. Yao, Fannie Mae
The Resource Curse in the
Leslie Dunn,
Discussants
Georg
Grassmueck, The
Cynthia
Rogers,
Martin Shields, Colorado State University
Raymond
J. Rhodes,
Saturday, March 31, 2007
8:30 – 10:15 am
Middleton
Methods and Modeling
Techniques: Game Theory Applications to Regional Science
Chair
Justin
M. Ross,
Papers
A Dynamic Bertrand Game Model of Trade, Threats, and Export Certification in Alien Species Management
Amit Batabyal, Rochester Institute of Technology
Hamid Beladi,
Bank Branching Deregulation: A Spatial Competition Model
Jorge Guillen,
Spatial Nonlinear Pricing with Nonconvex Transportation Costs
Mark L. Burkey, North Carolina A & T State University
Alexandra Kurepa, North Carolina A & T State University
Discussants
Perry
Burnett,
Amit Batabyal, Rochester Institute of Technology
Santiago Pinto, West Virginia University
Drayton
Local public policy
and housing decisions
Chair
Inhyuck
Ha,
Papers
Government Fragmentation and Urban Sprawl
Georg Grassmueck, The
Stephan J. Goetz, The
Do Households Follow the Tiebout Hypothesis? Intra-County Migration in Pennsylvania
Georg Grassmueck, The
City Expansion, Squatter Settlements and Policy Implications
in
Minwuyelet Melesse,
Discussants
Kenneth
Peterson,
Gebremeskel
H. Gebremariam,
Joe
Francis,
Rutledge
Topics in
International trade and finance
Chair
Shahdad
Naghshpour,
Papers
European Central Bank Inequality: Are Economic Indicators
from
Greg Banach,
Shahdad Naghshpour,
Joseph J. St. Marie, University of Southern Mississippi
Financial Sector Reforms and Private Sector Investment in
Roseline Nyamisa Misati,
Benchmarking of Global Seaport Efficiency and Sources of Efficiency Change
Sanghyun Cheon,
Discussants
Peter
Schaeffer,
Meaza Z. Demissie, University of Southern Mississippi
Hodjat Ghadimi,
West Virginia
Pinckney
Local economic
development policy
Chair
Scott
Loveridge,
Papers
Intentional Communities in
H.
Estimating the Economic Impact of Local Arts and Sciences:
The
Science Council Example
John E. Connaughton,
Ronald Madsen,
Rob Roy McGregor,
Redevelopment of Brownfields in
Warren Kriesel,
Discussants
Warren
Kriesel,
Zoe
John
E. Connaughton,
Laurens
Topics in household
migration
Chair
Thomas
A. Knapp,
Papers
Interstate Migration and Spending on Public Higher Education
Robert R. Dunn,
The Effects of Migrating Retirees on Economic Growth in Rural Communities
Dayton M. Lambert, University of Tennessee
C.D. Clark, University of Tennessee
M. D. Wilcox, University of Tennessee
W. M. Park, University of Tennessee
The Returns to Return Migration
Thomas A. Knapp,
Nancy E. White,
Amy M. Wolaver,
Discussants
Alex
Marre,
Kenneth Robinson
Dan
Rickman,
Saturday, March 31, 2007
10:30 am – 12:15 pm
Pinckney
Symposium:
Industry
Cluster Initiative
Organizer
David
Barkley,
Chair
Frank
Hefner,
Panelists
Doug
Woodward,
The
George
Fletcher, Director,
Local
Initiatives to Promote Clusters: The
Approach
Mary
Graham, Senior Vice President,
Commerce
Lessons
Learned from Cluster Initiatives Around the
World
Mark
Henry,
Open
Discussion
Middleton
Recent Regional Accounts Research at BEA
Chair
John Kort, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Papers
Trends in Productivity of the Southeast Region
John Sporing, Jr., U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Estimating County and State Price Levels Using the Consumer Price Index
Bettina H. Aten,
A Note on the History of the BEA Regions
John
Discussants
Luciano Kay, Georgia Institute of Technology
Andrew
Isserman,
Drayton
Methods and
modeling
Chair
Mark Burkey, North Carolina A & T State University
Papers
The Stochastic Arrival of Alien Species and the Number of and the Damage from Biological Invasions
Amit Batabyal, Rochester Institute of Technology
Peter Nijkamp, Free University,
The
Two Aspects of Waste Management from the Viewpoints of a Waste Generator and a Recipient
Amit Batabyal, Rochester Institute of Technology
Peter Nijkamp, Free University,
The
Optimal Sector Growth of a Small Open City
Perry Burnett,
Discussants
James P. LeSage,
Mark
Burkey,
Santiago Pinto,
West Virginia
Laurens
Local Economic
growth
Chair