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Working Papers

2018

1. Broadband’s Relationship to Rural Housing Values
   Staff Paper Series, University of Wisconsin, Agricultural and Applied Economics
2. Estimating Spatial Heterogeneity in Hay Yield Responses to Weather Variations in Oklahoma
   2018 Annual Meeting, February 2-6, 2018, Jacksonville, Florida, Southern Agricultural Economics Association
3. Student Performance and School Size: A Two-stage Spatial Quantile Regression Approach to Evaluate Oklahoma High Schools
   2018 Annual Meeting, February 2-6, 2018, Jacksonville, Florida, Southern Agricultural Economics Association

2017

4. Short-Term Economic Impact of Rural Hospital Closures
   2017 Annual Meeting, February 4-7, 2017, Mobile, Alabama, Southern Agricultural Economics Association View citations (1)

2016

5. The Influence of Oil and Gas on Local Sales and Use Tax Receipts: Evidence from Oklahoma Panel Data
   2016 Annual Meeting, February 6-9, 2016, San Antonio, Texas, Southern Agricultural Economics Association

2015

6. Assessing the Value of Broadband Connectivity for Big Data and Telematics: Technical Efficiency
   2015 Annual Meeting, January 31-February 3, 2015, Atlanta, Georgia, Southern Agricultural Economics Association View citations (1)
7. Determining the Impact of a New Farm Credit Branch in East Central Oklahoma
   2015 Annual Meeting, January 31-February 3, 2015, Atlanta, Georgia, Southern Agricultural Economics Association
8. Does Broadband Matter for Rural Entrepreneurs or ‘Creative Class’ Employees?
   2015 Annual Meeting, January 31-February 3, 2015, Atlanta, Georgia, Southern Agricultural Economics Association View citations (1)

2013

9. Do Incentives Programs Cause Growth? The Case of The Oklahoma Quality Jobs Program and Community-level Economic Growth
   2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C., Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
   See also Journal Article Do Incentive Programs Cause Growth? The Case of the Oklahoma Quality Jobs Program and Community-Level Economic Growth, Economic Development Quarterly (2016) View citations (5) (2016)

2012

10. How Specialized is “too” Specialized? Outmigration and Industry Diversification in Nonmetropolitan Counties across America
    2012 Annual Meeting, February 4-7, 2012, Birmingham, Alabama, Southern Agricultural Economics Association
    See also Journal Article How Specialized is “Too” Specialized? Outmigration and Industry Diversification in Nonmetropolitan Counties across America, Journal of Economic Insight, Missouri Valley Economic Association (2014) (2014)

2010

11. Critical Access Hospitals and Retail Activity: an Empirical Analysis
    2010 Annual Meeting, February 6-9, 2010, Orlando, Florida, Southern Agricultural Economics Association View citations (1)
12. Entrepreneurial Programs: Which Contribute to Oklahoma Business Owners' Success?
    2010 Annual Meeting, July 25-27, 2010, Denver, Colorado, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
13. Metro, Micro, and Non-Core: A 3-year Portrait of Broadband Supply and Demand in Oklahoma
    2010 Annual Meeting, February 6-9, 2010, Orlando, Florida, Southern Agricultural Economics Association

2009

14. Decision Support System for Evaluating Rural Water Supply Infrastructure Scenarios
    2010 Annual Meeting, February 6-9, 2010, Orlando, Florida, Southern Agricultural Economics Association
15. Does Broadband Access Impact Population Growth in Rural America?
    2009 Annual Meeting, July 26-28, 2009, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

2008

16. Entrepreneurial Communities in Rural Oklahoma
    2008 Annual Meeting, February 2-6, 2008, Dallas, Texas, Southern Agricultural Economics Association
17. Factors Affecting Outsourcing for Information Technology Services in Rural Hospitals: Theory and Evidence
    2008 Annual Meeting, February 2-6, 2008, Dallas, Texas, Southern Agricultural Economics Association View citations (1)
18. Factors Influencing the Temporal Diffusion of Broadband Adoption: Evidence from Oklahoma
    2008 Annual Meeting, February 2-6, 2008, Dallas, Texas, Southern Agricultural Economics Association View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article Factors influencing the temporal diffusion of broadband adoption: evidence from Oklahoma, The Annals of Regional Science, Springer (2008) View citations (12) (2008)
19. Farming and the Internet: Factors Affecting Input Purchases Online and Reasons for Non-Adoption
    2008 Annual Meeting, February 2-6, 2008, Dallas, Texas, Southern Agricultural Economics Association View citations (6)
20. The Economic Impacts of Direct Produce Marketing: A Case Study of Oklahoma's Famers' Markets
    2008 Annual Meeting, February 2-6, 2008, Dallas, Texas, Southern Agricultural Economics Association View citations (1)

2007

21. 'Small' Broadband Providers: Where and Why?
    2007 Annual Meeting, July 29-August 1, 2007, Portland, Oregon, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

2006

22. A Need for Speed? Rural Internet Connectivity and the No access / Dial-up / High-speed Decision
    2006 Annual meeting, July 23-26, Long Beach, CA, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)
    See also Journal Article A need for speed? Rural Internet connectivity and the no access/dial-up/high-speed decision, Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2010) View citations (4) (2010)

2005

23. The Role of Infrastructure in the Rural - Urban Digital Divide
    2005 Annual meeting, July 24-27, Providence, RI, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

2002

24. UNDERSTANDING THE RURAL - URBAN DIGITAL DIVIDE
    2002 Annual meeting, July 28-31, Long Beach, CA, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Undated

25. A Different Analysis of Rural Development’s (RD) Business and Industry (B&I) Loan Guarantee Program: The Impact on Sales Tax Revenue in Oklahoma Communities
    2020 Annual Meeting, February 1-4, 2020, Louisville, Kentucky, Southern Agricultural Economics Association

Journal Articles

2022

1. A preview of the broadband fabric: Opportunities and issues for researchers and policymakers
   Telecommunications Policy, 2022, 46, (3) View citations (3)
2. Rural broadband speeds and business startup rates
   American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2022, 104, (3), 999-1025 View citations (18)

2021

3. A Study on the Impact of Unconventional (and Conventional) Drilling on Housing Prices in Central Oklahoma
   Sustainability, 2021, 13, (24), 1-17
4. Broadband metrics and job productivity: a look at county-level data
   The Annals of Regional Science, 2021, 66, (1), 161-184 View citations (19)
5. COVID-19 and Rural Broadband: A Call to Action or More of the Same?
   Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, 2021, 36, (3) View citations (1)
6. The impact of USDA’s business and industry loan guarantee program on tax revenue in Oklahoma communities
   Community Development, 2021, 52, (2), 205-224

2020

7. Broadband speed and unemployment rates: Data and measurement issues
   Telecommunications Policy, 2020, 44, (1) View citations (29)
8. Estimating the Impacts of EDA Public Works Program Investments on County Employment
   Economic Development Quarterly, 2020, 34, (3), 283-293
9. Home Is Where the Internet Is? High-speed Internet’s Impact on Rural Housing Values
   International Regional Science Review, 2020, 43, (5), 501-530 View citations (6)
10. State broadband policy: Impacts on availability
    Telecommunications Policy, 2020, 44, (9) View citations (13)
11. The influence of oil and natural gas employment on local retail spending: evidence from Oklahoma panel data
    The Annals of Regional Science, 2020, 64, (1), 133-157 View citations (2)

2019

12. An evaluation of the Connected Nation broadband adoption program
    Telecommunications Policy, 2019, 43, (7), - View citations (13)
13. Broadband's relationship to rural housing values
    Papers in Regional Science, 2019, 98, (5), 2135-2156 View citations (22)
14. Effects of spatial density on veterinarian income: where are all of the veterinarians?
    Applied Economics, 2019, 51, (14), 1532-1540 View citations (1)
15. Firm and regional economic outcomes associated with a new, broad measure of business innovation
    Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 2019, 31, (9-10), 930-952 View citations (3)
16. Understanding the trend to mobile-only internet connections:A decomposition analysis
    Telecommunications Policy, 2019, 43, (1), 76-87 View citations (9)

2018

17. 21st century economic development: Telework and its impact on local income
    Regional Science Policy & Practice, 2018, 10, (2), 103-123 View citations (12)
18. Econometric error nullifies finding of the impact of broadband speed on county-level employment
    Information Economics and Policy, 2018, 44, (C), 58-60 View citations (9)

2017

19. Estimating willingness-to-pay for broadband attributes among low-income consumers: Results from two FCC lifeline pilot projects
    Telecommunications Policy, 2017, 41, (9), 769-780 View citations (5)

2016

20. Broadband and civic engagement in rural areas: What matters?
    Community Development, 2016, 47, (5), 700-717 View citations (9)
21. Broadband un-adopters
    Telecommunications Policy, 2016, 40, (1), 1-13 View citations (4)
22. Do Incentive Programs Cause Growth? The Case of the Oklahoma Quality Jobs Program and Community-Level Economic Growth
    Economic Development Quarterly, 2016, 30, (1), 62-74 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper Do Incentives Programs Cause Growth? The Case of The Oklahoma Quality Jobs Program and Community-level Economic Growth, 2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C. (2013) (2013)
23. Does Broadband Matter for Rural Entrepreneurs and Creative Class Employees?
    The Review of Regional Studies, 2016, 46, (2), 171-190 View citations (11)
24. The Role of Wireless Broadband Connectivity on ‘Big Data’ and the Agricultural Industry in the United States and Australia
    International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, 2016, 19, (A), 14 View citations (4)

2015

25. Modeling the impact of distance between offices and borrowers on agricultural loan volume
    Agricultural Finance Review, 2015, 75, (4), 484-498 View citations (2)

2014

26. Does rural broadband impact jobs and income? Evidence from spatial and first-differenced regressions
    The Annals of Regional Science, 2014, 53, (3), 649-670 View citations (50)
27. How Connected Are Our Farms?
    Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, 2014, 29, (3), 9 View citations (9)
28. How Specialized is “Too” Specialized? Outmigration and Industry Diversification in Nonmetropolitan Counties across America
    Journal of Economic Insight, 2014, 40, (2), 37-63
    See also Working Paper How Specialized is “too” Specialized? Outmigration and Industry Diversification in Nonmetropolitan Counties across America, 2012 Annual Meeting, February 4-7, 2012, Birmingham, Alabama (2012) (2012)
29. Long-Term Economic Impacts of USDA Water and Sewer Infrastructure Investments in Oklahoma
    Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2014, 46, (1), 21-39 View citations (1)
    Also in Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2014, 46, (01), 19 (2014) View citations (1)

2011

30. Do higher broadband adoption rates mean lower tax collections from local retail sales? Implications of e-commerce in rural areas of the US
    Regional Science Policy & Practice, 2011, 3, (2), 71-85 View citations (3)
31. Estimating the Economic Impact of Telemedicine in a Rural Community
    Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 2011, 40, (2), 12 View citations (6)
    Also in Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 2011, 40, (2), 172-183 (2011) View citations (4)

2010

32. A need for speed? Rural Internet connectivity and the no access/dial-up/high-speed decision
    Applied Economics, 2010, 42, (15), 1889-1905 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper A Need for Speed? Rural Internet Connectivity and the No access / Dial-up / High-speed Decision, 2006 Annual meeting, July 23-26, Long Beach, CA (2006) (2006)
33. Farming and the Internet: Reasons for Non-Use
    Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 2010, 39, (3), 571-584 View citations (17)
    Also in Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 2010, 39, (3), 14 (2010) View citations (17)
34. RURAL BROADBAND AVAILABILITY AND ADOPTION IN OKLAHOMA
    Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, 2010, 25, (4), 7 View citations (3)
35. THE STRUGGLE FOR BROADBAND IN RURAL AMERICA
    Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, 2010, 25, (4), 8 View citations (8)
36. The market and infrastructure perspective: reply
    The Annals of Regional Science, 2010, 45, (1), 239-243

2009

37. An Evaluation of the Economic Impacts of Oklahoma Farmers Markets
    Journal of Food Distribution Research, 2009, 40, (3), 15 View citations (26)

2008

38. Factors influencing the temporal diffusion of broadband adoption: evidence from Oklahoma
    The Annals of Regional Science, 2008, 42, (3), 661-679 View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper Factors Influencing the Temporal Diffusion of Broadband Adoption: Evidence from Oklahoma, 2008 Annual Meeting, February 2-6, 2008, Dallas, Texas (2008) View citations (11) (2008)
39. “Small” Broadband Providers and Federal Assistance Programs: Solving the Digital Divide?
    Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy, 2008, 38, (3), 15 View citations (4)

2007

40. Infrastructure and the Rural—urban Divide in High-speed Residential Internet Access
    International Regional Science Review, 2007, 30, (3), 249-273 View citations (34)

2003

41. Bridging the Metropolitan-Nonmetropolitan Digital Divide in Home Internet Use
    Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, 2003, 18, (2), 4
42. Understanding the Non‐Metropolitan—Metropolitan Digital Divide
    Growth and Change, 2003, 34, (2), 219-243 View citations (34)