Economic Development Quarterly

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Volume 37, issue 4, 2023

Introduction to the Second Special Issue on Inclusive Economic Development: Promoting Inclusive Economic Growth and Development pp. 299-301

Erin M. Graves, Marybeth J. Mattingly and Howard Wial

The Evolution and Landscape of Under-Resourced Communities in U.S. Metropolitan Areas pp. 302-327

Matthew Hall, Howard Wial and Devon Yee

COVID-19, the New Urban Crisis, and Cities: How COVID-19 Compounds the Influence of Economic Segregation and Inequality on Metropolitan Economic Performance pp. 328-348

Richard Florida and Todd Gabe

A Middle Model of Economic Development? Revisiting the Economic Geography of Middle-Wage Occupations in the United States pp. 349-362

Ben Armstrong and Elisabeth B. Reynolds

Day-Labor Worker Centers: Advancing New Models of Equity and Inclusion in the Informal Economy pp. 363-374

Nik Theodore

Centering Work: Integration and Diffusion of Workforce Development Within the U.S. Manufacturing Extension Network pp. 375-388

Nichola Lowe, Greg Schrock, Matthew D. Wilson, Rumana Rabbani and Allison Forbes

Volume 37, issue 3, 2023

Introduction to the Special Issue on Inclusive Economic Development: Paycheck Protection Program pp. 207-210

Erin M. Graves, Marybeth J. Mattingly and Howard Wial

Impact of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender on the SBA Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan Amounts pp. 211-229

Iryna Demko and Ana Claudia Sant’Anna

Credit Availability for Minority Business Owners in an Evolving Credit Environment pp. 230-242

Brett Barkley and Mark Schweitzer

The Racial and Spatial Impacts of the Paycheck Protection Program pp. 243-258

T. William Lester and Matthew D. Wilson

Banking Deserts and the Paycheck Protection Program pp. 259-276

Kristopher Deming and Stephan Weiler

Bank Types, Inclusivity, and Paycheck Protection Program Lending During COVID-19 pp. 277-294

Mark K. Cassell, Michael Schwan and Marc Schneiberg

Volume 37, issue 2, 2023

The Impact of New Jersey's Urban Enterprise Zones on Local Employment: A Synthetic Control Approach pp. 127-142

Adam Scavette

Understanding Divergence in the Performance of Central Business District Economies Among U.S. Metropolitan Regions, 1995–2019 pp. 143-153

Taner Osman

Understanding Economic Development Organization Efforts to Advance Inclusive Economic Recovery in Virginia pp. 154-169

Margaret Cowell, Conaway Haskins and Shaheera Sayed

Collaboration and Public Participation for Municipal Growth in Land Economic Development Projects pp. 170-182

Ki Eun Kang and Kyungha Lee

COVID-19-Induced Automation: An Exploratory Study of Critical Occupations pp. 183-197

Chun Song, Lionel J. Beaulieu, Indraneel Kumar and Roberto Gallardo

Book Review: Engaging Place, Engaging Practices: Urban History and Campus-Community Partnerships by Bachin, Robin F. and Howard, Amy L. (eds) pp. 198-199

Jay D. Gatrell

Book Review: Vibrant Virginia: Engaging the commonwealth to expand economic vitality by Margaret Cowell and Sarah Lyon Hill, (eds) pp. 200-201

G. Jason Jolley

Volume 37, issue 1, 2023

Key Research and Policy Questions in Economic Development and Workforce Development pp. 5-6

George A. Erickcek

Seize the Time: Needed Research on Local Economic Development in an Era of Increased Attention to Problems of Place pp. 7-13

Tim Bartik

Can we “Claim†the Workforce? A Labor-Focused Agenda for Economic Development in the Face of an Uncertain Future pp. 14-19

Karen Chapple and Laura Schmahmann

Improving the U.S. Workforce System by Transforming its Performance Measurement System into an Intelligent Information System pp. 20-26

Randall W. Eberts

What is Inclusionary Economic Development—What if Employees Mattered? pp. 27-33

George A. Erickcek

What Is Economic Development? And What Is the Job of an Economic Development Professional? pp. 34-48

Edward (Ned) Hill

Suggestions for Future Research in the Area of Workforce Development Systems and Regional Economic Development in the United States pp. 49-53

Kevin Hollenbeck

Growth in Commuting Patterns and Their Impacts on Rural Workforce and Economic Development pp. 54-63

Matt Kures and Steven C. Deller

Fixing Work, and Moving Beyond It pp. 64-72

Cathy Yang Liu, Marc Doussard and Nichola Lowe

Arts and Cultural Innovation as Small City Economic Development pp. 73-76

Ann Markusen

Policy, Empirical Analysis, and Equity: Challenges for Research pp. 77-84

Richard McGahey

Applied Regional Economic Research Can Improve Development Strategies and Drive Better Outcomes pp. 85-95

Kenneth E. Poole, Allison Forbes and Nichelle Williams

Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Economic Development Policy pp. 96-102

Haifeng Qian and Zoltan Acs

Challenges to Identifying Economic Development Impacts pp. 103-105

Shawn Rohlin

Measuring What Matters in Business Support Programs pp. 106-114

Phillip A. Singerman and Kenneth P. Voytek

Prospects for Growth and Change: U.S. Metro Area Forecasts 2022–2032 pp. 115-124

Frederick R. Treyz

Volume 36, issue 4, 2022

Can Tax Increment Financing Benefit U.S. Rust Belt Communities? pp. 331-342

Komla D. Dzigbede and Rahul Pathak

Innovation Districts and Community Building: An Effective Strategy for Community Economic Development? pp. 343-354

Carla Maria Kayanan, Joshua Drucker and Henry Renski

Place-Based Small Business Support and its Implications for Neighborhood Revitalization pp. 355-370

Iuliia Shybalkina

How are Economic Development Districts Riding the Waves of Economic Development Strategies? pp. 371-384

Li Fang

Book Review: Putting Skill to Work: How to Create Good Jobs in Uncertain Times by Nichola Lowe pp. 385-387

Elsie Harper-Anderson

Book Review: Survival of the City: Living and Thriving in an Age of Isolation by Edward Glaeser and David Cutler pp. 388-389

Peter Gordon

Book Review: Handbook of Cities and Networks. Research Handbooks in Urban Studies by Neal, Z. & Rozenblat, C. (Eds.) pp. 390-392

Gordon Mulligan

Volume 36, issue 3, 2022

Introduction to the Special Issue on Rural Economic Development: New Research Insights and how the COVID-19 Pandemic may Impact Future Investment Strategies pp. 143-148

Martin Lavelle

Linking People’s Mobility and Place Livability: Implications for Rural Communities pp. 149-159

Xue Zhang

Natural Resource Dependence and Rural American Economic Prosperity From 2000 to 2015 pp. 160-176

J. Tom Mueller

The Value of Rural and Urban Public Infrastructure pp. 177-192

David Albouy and Heejin Kim

The Impact of Main Street Revitalization on the Economic Vitality of Small-Town Business Districts pp. 193-207

Andrew Van Leuven

The Urban–Rural Divide: The Effects of the Small Business Innovation Research Program in Small and Nonmetro Counties pp. 208-227

Shiqin Liu

Can Targeted Government Investment in Rural Establishments Induce Innovative Activity? pp. 228-244

John T. Mann, Steven R. Miller and Trey Malone

What Moves Physicians to Work in Rural Areas? An In-Depth Examination of Physician Practice Location Decisions pp. 245-260

Xiaochu Hu, Michael J. Dill and Sarah S. Conrad

Bringing Health Care to Appalachia: The Long-Run Impact of a Rural Health Care System pp. 261-275

Theodore Figinski and Erin Troland

Toward a New Rural Typology: Mapping Resources, Opportunities, and Challenges pp. 276-293

Christelle Khalaf, Gilbert Michaud and G. Jason Jolley

A Data-Driven Algorithm to Redefine the U.S. Rural Landscape: Affinity Propagation as a Mixed-Data/Mixed-Method Tool pp. 294-316

Benjamin W. Heumann, Marcello Graziano and Maurizio Fiaschetti

Local Employment Impacts of Connectivity to Regional Economies: The Role of Industry Clusters in Bridging the Urban-Rural Divide pp. 317-328

Christiana K. McFarland and Erica H. Grabowski

Volume 36, issue 2, 2022

Socioeconomic and Environmental Indicators for Rural Communities: Bridging the Scholarly and Practice Gap pp. 75-91

Catherine Brinkley and Marjory Anne Visser

Local Economic Development Policies and Business Activity: Dynamic Panel Data Analysis of All County Governments in the State of Georgia pp. 92-107

Mikhail Ivonchyk

How Do Employers Belonging to Marginalized Communities Respond to Minimum Wage Increases? The Case of Immigrant-Owned Businesses in Seattle pp. 108-123

Mahesh Somashekhar, James Buszkiewicz, Scott W. Allard and Jennifer Romich

Is COVID-19 Causing More Business Closures in Poor and Minority Neighborhoods? pp. 124-133

Yasuyuki (Yas) Motoyama

Book Review: The Mismeasure of Progress: Economic Growth and its Critics by S. Macekura pp. 134-136

Gordon Mulligan

Book Review: The Innovation Stack: Building an Unbeatable Business One Crazy Idea at a Time by J. McKelvey pp. 137-138

Florence Neymotin

Volume 36, issue 1, 2022

Do Smart Cities Technologies Contribute to Local Economic Development? pp. 3-16

Sawsan Abutabenjeh, Julius A. Nukpezah and Annus Azhar

The Economic Impact of Small Colleges on Local Economies: A Guide to Attainable Data and Best Practices pp. 17-32

Christelle Khalaf, G. Jason Jolley and Candi Clouse

Empirical Evidence on the Economic Impacts of Hotel Taxes pp. 33-42

Charles Swenson

The Economic Development Potential of Minority-Owned Businesses pp. 43-56

Timothy Bates, Joseph Farhat and Colleen Casey

Book Review: Will the gig economy prevail? by Colin Crouch pp. 57-58

Jay D. Gatrell

Toward a More Complete and Nuanced Examination of Ohio and Pennsylvania’s 1980s Technology-Based Economic Development Strategies pp. 59-65

Dan Berglund

Response to Berglund Letter Regarding “Industrial Policy and Local Economic Transformation: Evidence from the Rust Belt†pp. 66-69

Ben Armstrong