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Journal Articles

2009

1. Raising the credit bar, or getting clubbed by it?
   Fedgazette, 2009, (Jan), 1-6
2. Wait for us
   Fedgazette, 2009, (May), 10-11

2008

3. A man’s home is his unsold castle
   Fedgazette, 2008, (Jul), 19-20
4. A question of credit
   Fedgazette, 2008, (Nov), 9-10
5. Auction-rate fireworks: Ooh, aah, ouch
   Fedgazette, 2008, (Nov), 7-8
6. Both sides of the pork trough
   Fedgazette, 2008, (Mar), 1-6
7. CRP: Green if good, but more green is preferred
   Fedgazette, 2008, (Nov), 16-19
8. Hedging their bets
   Fedgazette, 2008, (Jul), 9
9. Just what is the middle class, and other stuff
   Fedgazette, 2008, (Sep), 5
10. Making hay off the land
    Fedgazette, 2008, (Jul), 1-6
11. Outside the winner’s circle
    Fedgazette, 2008, (Jul), 10
12. Say hello to the modest good life for me
    Fedgazette, 2008, (Sep), 1-5
13. Supersize me
    Fedgazette, 2008, (Sep), 6-8
14. Swap meet
    Fedgazette, 2008, (Jul), 8
15. The Wal-Mart effect: Poison or antidote for local communities?
    Fedgazette, 2008, (Jan), 1-5
16. The bonds of debt
    Fedgazette, 2008, (Nov), 1-6
17. The research literature on Wal-Mart: Some frowns, some smiley faces
    Fedgazette, 2008, (Jan), 6-7
18. This space for rent. Bring your wallet, unless I know you
    Fedgazette, 2008, (Jul), 7
19. Wal-Mart in the Ninth District: Who, when and how
    Fedgazette, 2008, (Jan), 8-9
20. Wanted: Entrepreneurs (just don't ask for a job description)
    The Region, 2008, (Jun), 12-15, 47-50

2007

21. A word about do-it-yourselfers
    Fedgazette, 2007, (Jul), 8
22. Come and get it
    Fedgazette, 2007, (Nov), 15-16
23. Employee ownership: economic miracle or ESOP's fable?
    The Region, 2007, (Jun), 22-27, 38-43
24. Foreign trade zones
    Fedgazette, 2007, (May), 22-23
25. Franchising like rabbits
    Fedgazette, 2007, (Sep), 1-7
26. Franchisors R Us
    Fedgazette, 2007, (Sep), 8
27. Intensive care for rural hospitals
    Fedgazette, 2007, (Mar), 10-13
28. Is there a consumer in the house?
    Fedgazette, 2007, (Nov), 8-9
29. It’s a jungle out there
    Fedgazette, 2007, (Jul), 6-7
30. Rx for aging health care facilities
    Fedgazette, 2007, (Jan), 1-4
31. The next IT in health care
    Fedgazette, 2007, (Jan), 5
32. The semantics of health care prices
    Fedgazette, 2007, (Nov), 6-7
33. The state of small business: Small is tough, but still beautiful
    Fedgazette, 2007, (Jul), 1-8
34. Through the maze, darkly
    Fedgazette, 2007, (Nov), 1-5
35. What is a small business? Inc(reasing)
    Fedgazette, 2007, (Jul), 5
36. You are what you reimburse
    Fedgazette, 2007, (Jan), 6-7

2006

37. An actuarial balancing act
    Fedgazette, 2006, (May), 4
38. Cash, check or third party?
    Fedgazette, 2006, (Jan), 4-6
39. Charity case: Trends in giving
    Fedgazette, 2006, (Jul), 7-8
40. Covet thy neighbor’s … pension? Public vs. private
    Fedgazette, 2006, (May)
41. Excuse me, which way is up? Is America still the land of economic opportunity and mobility, especially for the poor?
    Fedgazette, 2006, (Nov), 12-15
42. Filling a prescription for more pharmacies
    Fedgazette, 2006, (Jan), 3
43. Gasping over GASB
    Fedgazette, 2006, (May), 8-9
44. Goldilocks in the corner office
    The Region, 2006, (Dec), 22-25, 32-35
45. In case of pension emergency
    Fedgazette, 2006, (May), 5
46. Pension deficit disorder
    Fedgazette, 2006, (May), 1-7
47. Poor by what standard? The poverty line is not as clear-cut as it appears
    Fedgazette, 2006, (Nov), 6-7, 10-11
48. Special delivery
    Fedgazette, 2006, (Jan), 7
49. The economy’s middle child
    Fedgazette, 2006, (Jul), 1-4
50. The hidden economy of nonprofits
    The Region, 2006, (Sep), 28-33, 44-46
51. The leader of the nonprofit pack
    Fedgazette, 2006, (Jul), 6-7
52. The myriad, changing faces of poverty. Is poverty getting better or worse? Yes
    Fedgazette, 2006, (Nov), 1-5
53. The other pharm crisis
    Fedgazette, 2006, (Jan), 1-4
54. Tracking the elusive nonprofit economy
    Fedgazette, 2006, (Jul), 5

2005

55. A missing bogeyman
    Fedgazette, 2005, (Nov), 7-10
56. A rising housing tide
    Fedgazette, 2005, (May), 1-2, 4-5
57. Bureaucratic rent trends
    Fedgazette, 2005, (May), 5
58. Close-knit neighborhoods
    Fedgazette, 2005, (May), 3
59. Community banks full of change
    Fedgazette, 2005, (Jan), 12-15 View citations
60. Company mass layoffs: the “other” job shock
    Fedgazette, 2005, (Nov), 10
61. Dealer, heal thyself
    Fedgazette, 2005, (Jul), 7-8
62. Getting back on your feet
    The Region, 2005, (Sep), 28-31, 46-52
63. Ginnie Mae I buy a manufactured home?
    Fedgazette, 2005, (Jul), 6
64. Hello, have we met?
    Fedgazette, 2005, (Jul), 8-10
65. Help wanted, again
    Fedgazette, 2005, (Jan), 1-3
66. Home, sweet (manufactured?) home
    Fedgazette, 2005, (Jul), 1-7
67. Housing affordability: Catch me if you can
    Fedgazette, 2005, (May), 6-9
68. Is college unaffordable?
    The Region, 2005, (Dec), 14-17, 48-57
69. Job description: Track hiring demand
    Fedgazette, 2005, (Jan), 3
70. Job shocks: resuscitation or suffocation?
    Fedgazette, 2005, (Nov), 1
71. Methodology: a county slice in time
    Fedgazette, 2005, (Nov), 6
72. Nursing a shortage
    Fedgazette, 2005, (Jan)
73. Ready, set, dance
    Fedgazette, 2005, (Jan), 4-5
74. The hard hat blues
    Fedgazette, 2005, (Jan), 6-8

2004

75. A fork in the free-trade road
    The Region, 2004, (Sep), 6-9, 48-53
76. After the fiscal gold rush
    Fedgazette, 2004, (Jan), 8-10
77. An acquired taste for public goodies
    Fedgazette, 2004, (Jan), 1-5
78. Behind the classroom doors
    Fedgazette, 2004, (Jul), 5-8
79. Business is open on Venus
    Fedgazette, 2004, (May), 5-6
80. Change is good, if you know how
    Fedgazette, 2004, (Jul), 3
81. Crop insurance turning dry fields in to cash crop
    Fedgazette, 2004, (Mar), 11-14
82. Graduation exam: Spell “matriculation”
    Fedgazette, 2004, (Jul)
83. I am woman. Hear my business roar
    Fedgazette, 2004, (May), 1-5
84. In banking, less can equal more
    Fedgazette, 2004, (Nov), 1-2, 4-6
85. Job search
    The Region, 2004, (Dec), 32-37
86. Loosening the strings of regulation
    Fedgazette, 2004, (Nov), 7-8
87. Moving beyond the 13th grade
    Fedgazette, 2004, (Jul), 1-2, 4
88. Opinions and poster boys
    Fedgazette, 2004, (Jul), 7
89. Put it on my... er, his tab
    Fedgazette, 2004, (Jan), 5-7
90. Running the gauntlet
    Fedgazette, 2004, (May), 7-8
91. Too much of a good thing
    Fedgazette, 2004, (Nov), 8

2003

92. All abroad
    Fedgazette, 2003, (May), 1-3
93. An unwanted rest for hustling exporters
    Fedgazette, 2003, (May), 4-5
94. Anti-poverty design: the cash-out option
    The Region, 2003, (Jun), 18-21, 54-57
95. Big bang biotech?
    Fedgazette, 2003, (Sep), 1-5
96. Biotech by any other measure
    Fedgazette, 2003, (Sep), 6
97. Come hither, biotech
    Fedgazette, 2003, (Sep), 5-8
98. Designing a brain drain plug
    Fedgazette, 2003, (Jan), 6-7
99. Fido to the rescue
    Fedgazette, 2003, (Nov), 8
100. I dream of protective genies
     Fedgazette, 2003, (Jul), 8-12
101. Looking ahead, and over your shoulder
     Fedgazette, 2003, (Nov), 6-8
102. Love, pickup trucks and lost manufacturing jobs
     Fedgazette, 2003, (Nov), 1-3, 5
103. Mining for missing links
     The Region, 2003, (Sep), 12-15, 52-53
104. Patterns of the young and restless
     Fedgazette, 2003, (Jan), 4
105. Please pass the salt exports
     Fedgazette, 2003, (May), 5-7
106. Plugging the brain drain
     Fedgazette, 2003, (Jan), 1-3, 5
107. Powering the assembly line
     Fedgazette, 2003, (Nov), NA
108. Shopping online for lucky 7s
     Fedgazette, 2003, (Mar), 12-13
109. Something, anything for the pain
     Fedgazette, 2003, (Nov), 3-4
110. The next biotech frontier: weights and measures
     Fedgazette, 2003, (Sep), 4
111. Uncle Sam wants you to export
     Fedgazette, 2003, (May), 7-8
112. Wrong side of the tracks?
     Fedgazette, 2003, (Nov), 12-15

2002

113. A fair price for whom?
     Fedgazette, 2002, (Mar), 4-6
114. A labor vacuum with no population suction
     Fedgazette, 2002, (Sep), 3
115. Data don't tell the whole story
     Fedgazette, 2002, (Sep), 7
116. Exchange roller coasters: where's the steering wheel, and does it work?
     The Region, 2002, (Dec.), 20-23, 52-54
117. Farm safety at any speed
     Fedgazette, 2002, (Mar), 1-4
118. Green is good: Many believe paying farmers for better environmental outcomes is an idea worth fertilizing
     Fedgazette, 2002, (Mar), 6-8
119. Gross domestic product: understanding news from noise
     The Region, 2002, (Jun), 6-11
120. More than just a pretty place? Natural amenities offer some rural counties a leg up in attracting people, but economic prosperity does not necessarily follow
     Fedgazette, 2002, (Nov), 9-13
121. Mr. Recession, meet Mr. Labor Shortage: Not long ago, labor shortages were the big concern on Main Street. Has the recession changed that?
     Fedgazette, 2002, (May), 12-15
122. New Economy value meal, please: the hype is all high skills and high pay, but the meat is maybe something less
     Fedgazette, 2002, (Jul), 4-5
123. Rural census: half full or half empty?
     Fedgazette, 2002, (Sep), 1,4-9
124. Shall we dance? as jobs grow but the labor pool doesn't, job matching becomes essential to make sure everybody gets the right partner
     Fedgazette, 2002, (Jul), 6-7
125. Stand by your county, man
     Fedgazette, 2002, (Sep), 10-11
126. Strength in hidden numbers: Underemployment and skill mismatches offer glimpse behind area labor shortages
     Fedgazette, 2002, (Jul), 1-3

2001

127. Anti-dumping: the free-trade antacid
     The Region, 2001, (Dec), 22-27, 44-46
128. Blowin' in the wind: underneath the chaos of electricity deregulation, part of the answer (my friend) to future energy needs might be wind generation
     Fedgazette, 2001, (Jan), 10-11
129. Chasing the tail of high-tech
     The Region, 2001, (Sep), 20-23, 38-41
130. Digital haves and have-nots: rural areas are assumed to be on the losing side of the digital divide, but that might not be the case
     Fedgazette, 2001, (Nov), 1
131. Edifice Complex: Ninth District cities are investing millions in stadiums, multiuse arenas and convention centers in hopes of better economic development and entertainment options
     Fedgazette, 2001, (Mar), 1
132. Error message: it's the data, stupid
     Fedgazette, 2001, (Nov), 3
133. Fairy tales and venture capital: the rise of venture capital has given District states "green" envy, fretting that its absence will affect regional and state economies
     Fedgazette, 2001, (Jul), 2-4
134. Icebergs and government productivity
     The Region, 2001, (Jun), 16-19, 42-45
135. Lotsa cooks in the broadband kitchen
     Fedgazette, 2001, (Nov), 5-7
136. Nurturing the light bulb economy: the new-found profile of entrepreneurs and venture capital has states eager to get more of both
     Fedgazette, 2001, (Jul), 1
137. Phone home: call centers are finding a lot to like in the district, which might have long-term impact on small cities
     Fedgazette, 2001, (May), 9-11
138. Pitching for the minor leagues
     Fedgazette, 2001, (Mar), 2-3
139. Public venture, public gain?
     Fedgazette, 2001, (Sep), 10-13
140. Shall we gather? Many smaller cities are eager to invest in convention centers on behalf of local economic development. Whether they should "depends on how you do the accounting"
     Fedgazette, 2001, (Mar), 4-5
141. Stadiums and convention centers as community loss leaders
     Fedgazette, 2001, (Mar), 5-7
142. The granddaddy of VC
     Fedgazette, 2001, (Sep), 13-14
143. The need for speed: many argue broadband is a "must have" for people, businesses and communities. Who gets it, who doesn't and why?
     Fedgazette, 2001, (Nov), 2-5
144. Under the influence: all engines are go for the ethanol industry, but whether that continues hinges on fickle consumers and government policy
     Fedgazette, 2001, (Jan), 7-9

2000

145. A borderless perspective
     Fedgazette, 2000, (Jan), 6-7
146. A helping hand, or new age loan sharking?
     Fedgazette, 2000, (Oct), 2-5, 7
147. A toolbox of favors: a kitty of different business incentives gives local communities the wherewithal to close deals
     The Region, 2000, (Jul), 2-3, 6
148. Backed by popular demand: with subsidized interest rates, public loan programs abound but don't always deliver
     The Region, 2000, (Jul), 4-6
149. Breaching the "Buckskin Curtain"
     The Region, 2000, (Sep), 6-9, 30-33
150. Buyer beware: Despite high costs and warnings from consumer groups, the market for payday loans and other convenience-based financial services continues to grow. What gives?
     Fedgazette, 2000, (Oct), 1
151. Coming to a national forest near you: roadless initiative more complex than "knuckle-dragging loggers vs. spotted owls"
     The Region, 2000, (Apr), 12-14
152. Concentrating on food concentration
     Fedgazette, 2000, (Jan), 3-5, 7
153. Critics say roadless initiative a hit-and-run on local communities
     The Region, 2000, (Apr), 15
154. Financial evolution, not revolution
     The Region, 2000, (Mar), 7-9, 56-57 View citations
155. Fully loaded: despite how they might prefer to operate, development professionals offer cache of incentives to remain competitive
     The Region, 2000, (Jul), 1
156. Jobs wanted: Will work for (next to) nothing
     Fedgazette, 2000, (Jan), 10-12
157. Local economic development: a recipe for stone soup
     The Region, 2000, (Apr), 9-10
158. Local economic development: at your service
     The Region, 2000, (Apr), 1
159. Putting a finger on the grand (income) canyon
     The Region, 2000, (Dec), 14-17, 40-43
160. Roadless initiative is rounding first phase and headed for second
     The Region, 2000, (Apr), 16
161. Semantics, lack of data create large gray area
     The Region, 2000, (Apr), 3-4
162. Shoestring budgets and Third World competition
     The Region, 2000, (Apr), 1
163. The 'big drink' a few swallows short
     The Region, 2000, (Jul), 8
164. The cousin of consolidation: contracting
     Fedgazette, 2000, (Jan)
165. The crowded field of economic development
     The Region, 2000, (Apr), 3-8
166. The new (and improved) economy
     The Region, 2000, (Jun), 11-13, 38
167. The pig in the python
     Fedgazette, 2000, (Jan), 1
168. Tied to steel tracks: Trends in the steel industry hold important decisions for Minnesota and Upper Michigan iron ore mines looking for a secure future
     Fedgazette, 2000, (Jan), 8-9, 13-14
169. Understanding the cost of free lunch
     The Region, 2000, (Dec), 10-13, 36-39
170. Will that be cash, check or debtor's hell?
     Fedgazette, 2000, (Oct), 6

1999

171. Farm Crisis: Here we go again?
     Fedgazette, 1999, (Oct), 1
172. Farming the government: Far from abandoning farmers, government policy stumbles into the new ag economy, helping some but not others
     Fedgazette, 1999, (Oct), 8-9
173. Linking rural America. How technology is helping to reshape communities in the Ninth District
     Fedgazette, 1999, (Apr), 1, 6-7
174. Nimble small-town banks swatting Y2K bugs
     Fedgazette, 1999, (Jul), 3, 4
175. Not your father's farm recession
     Fedgazette, 1999, (Oct), 3-4
176. Rural businesses are spurring much of the growth in telecommunications
     Fedgazette, 1999, (Apr), 3-4
177. Saving the family farm, but from what?
     Fedgazette, 1999, (Oct), 6-7
178. Small-town community banks not bugged by Y2K
     Fedgazette, 1999, (Jul), 1
179. The Zen of Greenspan: who's reporting on the Fed?
     The Region, 1999, (Dec), 4-7, 34-36
180. The beauty (pageant?) of economics
     The Region, 1999, (Sep), 6-9, 24-25
181. Whistling Dixie? Despite tough times for many, some farmers finding good times
     Fedgazette, 1999, (Oct), 5

1998

182. Econ 101: Is this the best way to teach economics?
     The Region, 1998, (Dec), 54-57, 61-62 View citations