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Working Papers

2018

1. Local Foods as a Catalyst of Rural Manufacturing: The Role of New and Small Food Innovators in Employment Dynamics
   2018 Annual Meeting, August 5-7, Washington, D.C., Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

2017

2. Rural Manufacturing Resilience: Factors Associated With Plant Survival, 1996-2011
   Economic Research Report, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (1)
3. Rural Manufacturing at a Glance, 2017 Edition
   Economic Information Bulletin, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (1)

2015

4. Trends in U.S. Local and Regional Food Systems: Report to Congress
   Administrative Publications, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (54)

2013

5. Patenting in Rural America: Inventors, Teams, and Technologies
   2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C., Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

2011

6. Direct and Intermediated Marketing of Local Foods in the United States
   Economic Research Report, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (81)

2010

7. Local Food Systems: Concepts, Impacts, and Issues
   Economic Research Report, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (138)
   Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2010) View citations (121)

2009

8. Rural Broadband At A Glance, 2009 Edition
   Economic Information Bulletin, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

2008

9. Ethanol: Implications for Rural Communities
   2008 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2008, Orlando, Florida, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (2)

2004

10. THE INDIANA ENTERPRISE ZONE PROGRAM: FISCAL IMPACT OF A JOB CREATION TAX CREDIT
    2004 Annual meeting, August 1-4, Denver, CO, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

2003

11. INDIANA FOOD INDUSTRY: SIZE, INCOME AND EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS
    Staff Papers, Purdue University, Department of Agricultural Economics

Journal Articles

2022

1. Entrepreneurship, Broadband, and Gender: Evidence from Establishment Births in Rural America
   International Regional Science Review, 2022, 45, (1), 3-35
2. Opportunity, necessity, and no one in the middle: A closer look at small, rural, and female‐led entrepreneurship in the United States
   Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2022, 44, (1), 162-196

2021

3. Local Food Supply Chain Dynamics and Resilience during COVID‐19
   Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2021, 43, (1), 86-104 View citations (10)
4. Local Foods Go Downstream: Exploring the Spatial Factors Driving U.S. Food Manufacturing
   Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2021, 43, (3), 896-915 View citations (1)

2020

5. Online Sales: A Direct Marketing Opportunity for Rural Farms?
   Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2020, 52, (2), 222-239 View citations (5)

2019

6. Agritourism Allows Farms To Diversify and Has Potential Benefits for Rural Communities
   Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, 2019, November 2019, (10)

2018

7. Exploring Regional Patterns of Agritourism in the U.S.: What's Driving Clusters of Enterprises?
   Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 2018, 47, (3), 592-609 View citations (6)

2017

8. FUELING JOB ENGINES: IMPACTS OF SMALL BUSINESS LOANS ON ESTABLISHMENT BIRTHS IN METROPOLITAN AND NONMETRO COUNTIES
   Contemporary Economic Policy, 2017, 35, (3), 578-595 View citations (3)
9. Manufacturing Plant Survival in a Period of Decline
   Growth and Change, 2017, 48, (3), 297-312 View citations (6)
10. Rural Manufacturing Survival and Its Role in the Rural Economy
    Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, 2017, (09) View citations (1)

2016

11. The Influence of Metropolitan Statistical Areas on Direct-to-consumer Agricultural Sales of Local Food in the Northeast
    Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 2016, 45, (3), 539-562 View citations (4)

2015

12. The Size and Scope of Locally Marketed Food Production
    Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, 2015, (01), 1 View citations (1)
13. Where Are the Innovative Entrepreneurs? Identifying Innovative Industries and Measuring Innovative Entrepreneurship
    International Regional Science Review, 2015, 38, (2), 171-201 View citations (8)

2014

14. Onshore Oil and Gas Development in the Lower 48 States: Introducing a County-Level Database of Production for 2000-2011
    Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, 2014, (01), 1

2013

15. Measurement and Storytelling in Regional Science
    International Regional Science Review, 2013, 36, (1), 69-80

2012

16. Employment Risk, Returns, and Entrepreneurship
    Economic Development Quarterly, 2012, 26, (3), 238-251 View citations (12)
17. Wealth, Entrepreneurship, and Rural Livelihoods
    Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, 2012, 27, (1), 7 View citations (1)
18. Will Local Foods Influence American Diets?
    Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, 2012, 27, (1), 7 View citations (3)

2011

19. Local Foods Marketing Channels Encompass a Wide Range of Producers
    Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, 2011, 5 View citations (4)

2010

20. Urban Areas Prove Profitable for Farmers Selling Directly to Consumers
    Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, 2010, 1

2009

21. Ethanol and the Local Economy
    Economic Development Quarterly, 2009, 23, (1), 71-88 View citations (2)
22. Trends and Volatility in School Finance
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2009, 91, (5), 1201-1208

2006

23. Entrepreneurship in the Region – Edited by Michael Fritsch and Jürgen Schmude
    Papers in Regional Science, 2006, 85, (2), 331-333
24. Obesity: America’s economic epidemic
    Main Street Economist, 2006, (2) View citations (2)

2005

25. Gauging a region's entrepreneurial potential
    Economic Review, 2005, 90, (Q III), 61-89 View citations (9)
26. New federalism: problems or opportunities for rural America?
    Main Street Economist, 2005, (Dec), 10-13
27. Regional asset indicators: bank deposit depth and evolution
    Main Street Economist, 2005, (Apr)
28. Regional asset indicators: the wealth of regions
    Main Street Economist, 2005, (Sep)

2004

29. An economy of regions
    Main Street Economist, 2004, (Dec), 4-5
30. Regional asset indicators: entrepreneurship breadth and depth
    Main Street Economist, 2004, (Sep) View citations (2)

Chapters

2019

1. Agri-tourism and Rural Outdoor Recreation in the US: A Framework for Understanding Economic and Employment Dynamics
   Chapter 22 in RURAL POLICIES AND EMPLOYMENT TransAtlantic Experiences, 2019, pp 351-372