Regional Economic Development

2005 - 2010

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Editor's introduction pp. 1-3: Thomas Garrett
The state of state and local government finance pp. 4-22: Ronald Fisher
State tax revenue growth and volatility pp. 23-58: Gary C. Cornia and Ray D. Nelson
Commentary on \\"state tax revenue growth and volatility\\" pp. 59-64: Elizabeth C. McNichol
States in fiscal distress pp. 65-80: Robert P. Inman
Commentary on \\"states in fiscal distress\\" pp. 81-87: Paul Rothstein
Can state and local governments rely on alternative tax sources? pp. 88-101: William Fox
Commentary on "can state and local governments rely on alternative tax sources?" pp. 102-7: Gary A. Wagner
Panel discussion: the future of state and local government finance pp. 108-22: Chris Edwards and Robert Tannenwald

Editor's introduction pp. 1-2: Thomas Garrett
The U.S. ethanol industry pp. 3-11: Mark D. Stowers
Roles for evolving markets, policies, and technology improvements in U.S. corn ethanol industry development pp. 12-33: Paul W. Gallagher
Commentary pp. 34-41: Martha A. Schlicher
Economic and environmental impacts of U.S. corn ethanol production and use pp. 42-58: Douglas G. Tiffany
Commentary pp. 59-64: Max Schulz
The impact of the ethanol boom on rural America pp. 65-73: Jason Henderson
Commentary pp. 74-77: Seth Meyer
The future of biofuel (panel discussion) pp. 78-115: Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes, James Kaufman, Seth Meyer, Jerry Taylor, Wyatt Thompson and Rick Tolman

Local price variation and labor supply behavior pp. 2-14: Dan Black, Natalia Kolesnikova and Lowell Taylor
Regional aggregation in forecasting: an application to the Federal Reserve's Eighth District pp. 15-29: Kristie Engemann, Ruben Hernandez-Murillo and Michael Owyang
The economic impact of a smoking ban in Columbia, Missouri: an analysis of sales tax data for the first year pp. 30-40: Michael Pakko
Urban decentralization and income inequality: is sprawl associated with rising income segregation across neighborhoods? pp. 41-57: Christopher Wheeler

Forecasting real housing price growth in the Eighth District states pp. 33-42: David E. Rapach and Jack Strauss
Educational attainment and recovery from recessions across metropolitan areas pp. 43-52: Bryan Bezold
Transferable tax credits in Missouri: an analytical review pp. 53-74: Paul Rothstein and Nathan Wineinger
How well are the states of the Eighth Federal Reserve District prepared for the next recession? pp. 75-87: Erick Elder and Gary A. Wagner
The economic impact of broadband deployment in Kentucky pp. 88-118: Narine Badasyan, David Shideler and Laura Taylor

Medicaid in the United States pp. 4-11: Tommy Thompson
Medicaid-the need for reform pp. 12-21: John Holahan and Alan R. Weil
Medicaid-the need for reform: commentary pp. 22-23: James W. Fossett
Mandatory and affordable health insurance pp. 24-28: Len M. Nichols
Mandatory and affordable health insurance: commentary pp. 29-31: Thomas Stratmann

Editor's introduction pp. 77: Thomas Garrett
Encouraging development through better integration of U.S. and Canadian transportation: the open prairies proposal pp. 78-86: Richard Beilock, Robert Dolyniuk and Barry Prentice
Intra-NAFTA trade and surface traffic: a very disaggregated view pp. 87-99: Erick Elder, Mark Funk, Ashvin Vibhakar and Vincent Yao
Transportation and infrastructure, retail clustering, and local public finance: evidence from Wal-Mart's expansion pp. 100-114: Michael Hicks
On the economic analysis of smoking bans pp. 115-130: Michael Pakko
What do we know about oil prices and state economic performance? pp. 131-139: David Penn
The long-run relationship between consumption and housing wealth in the Eighth District states pp. 140-147: David E. Rapach and Jack Strauss

Alternative education finance strategies pp. 7-27: Thomas Nechyba
Alternative education finance strategies - discussion pp. 28-30: Ross Rubenstein
K-12 public school finance in Missouri: an overview pp. 31-50: Michael Podgursky and Matthew G. Spring
School accountability and student performance pp. 51-61: Eric Hanushek and Margaret E. Raymond
School accountability and student performance - discussion pp. 62-63: Steven Rivkin
School accountability and student performance - commentary pp. 64-65: Gerri Ogle
School accountability and student performance - commentary pp. 66-67: Brian L. Baker
School accountability and student performance - commentary pp. 68-69: Yvonne Wilson
School accountability and student performance - commentary pp. 70-74: Terry Adams
School accountability and student performance - commentary pp. 75-76: Craig Larson

The 2001 recession and the states of the Eighth Federal Reserve District pp. 3-16: Michael Owyang, Jeremy Piger and Howard Wall
Cyclical patterns and structural changes in the Louisville area economy since 1990 pp. 17-29: Nan-Ting Chou and Paul Coomes
Economic growth in middle Tennessee: can local public services keep up? pp. 30-39: David Penn
Income inequality in rural southeast Missouri pp. 40-51: Bruce Domazlicky
A spatial analysis of income inequality in Arkansas at the county level: evidence from tax and commuting data pp. 52-65: John P. Shelnutt and Vincent Yao
Cost of government services: trends and comparisons for Kentucky and its neighboring states pp. 66-96: John E. Garen, William Hoyt and Anna L. Stewart
Forecasting employment growth in Missouri with many potentially relevant predictors: an analysis of forecast combining methods pp. 97-112: David E. Rapach and Jack Strauss