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Research

Examples of current and recent research projects in the Department focused on regional and community issues include:

Tax incentives for businesses as a rural development strategy.
Development of computable general equilibrium models for analysis of rural development programs and projects.
Devolution of welfare programs and economic development programs from the federal to local level.
Cost and revenues of converting farmland to residential housing.
Changes in residential settlement patterns in urban-rural fringe areas.
Linkages between economic decline of core urban areas and growth in suburban and exurban areas.
Influence of local public services and growth management policies on household and firm location decisions.
Public support of rural land preservation initiatives in the U.S.
Regional economic impacts of the Great Lakes Water Quality Initiative in Ohio.
Economic impacts of agricultural technology changes on land use in Uganda.
Urban economic impacts of water pricing policy in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Economic impacts of rice and water policy on water use in the Dominican Republic.
Spatial distribution of "taxes forgone" by participants in the Ohio Current Agricultural Use Value Assessment program.
Economic performance of state farmland protection programs.
The economics of development impact fees.
The economics of industrial waste treatment facilities in rural areas.
Access to health care services in rural Ohio.
Low-income housing finance for minorities in the U.S. Midwest.
Economic and fiscal impacts of recreational boating in Ohio (statewide) and on the Ottawa River.

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