Working Paper
Amenities, local conditions and fiscal determinants of factor growth in rural America
Thompson, Eric C.; Hammond, George; Weiler, Stephan (2006)
This paper examines how amenities, asset indicators, and fiscal factors influence the growth in factors of production from 1972 to 1999 in the 466 non-metropolitan labor market areas in the continental United States. In developing our model of non-metropolitan factor markets, we combine the emphasis of Brown et al. (2003) on the affect of taxes and public expenditure policy on labor and capital formation with the emphasis of Beeson et al. (2001) on the importance of climate and natural features on localized population growth. We develop our own measure of capital stock in non-metropolitan ...
Research Working Paper , Paper RWP 06-08

Journal Article
A catalog of innovative regional partnerships, part two
Cervantes, Katie; Weiler, Stephan; Henderson, Jason (2006)
Main Street Economist , Issue 6

Journal Article
New approaches to rural policy : lessons from around the world
Drabenstott, Mark; Weiler, Stephan; Novack, Nancy (2004-06)
Main Street Economist , Issue Jun

Working Paper
A park by any other name : national park designation as a natural experiment in signaling
Weiler, Stephan (2005)
Site designation by the National Park Service conveys a unique set of signals to information-constrained potential visitors. Changes in designation thus offer natural experiments to evaluate the signaling importance of names. This paper estimates the visitation effect of the conversion of National Monuments to National Parks through panel data analyses of the 8 designation changes that occurred between 1979 and 2000. These conversions have substantial and persistent effects on annual visitation, indicating that designation signals are indeed significant and credible. These signals appear to ...
Research Working Paper , Paper RWP 05-09

Journal Article
Racing toward new frontiers : helping regions compete in the global marketplace
Weiler, Stephan (2004-03)
Main Street Economist , Issue Mar

Journal Article
Innovative regional partnerships in the rural Tenth District
Cervantes, Katie; Weiler, Stephan; Henderson, Jason (2006)
Main Street Economist , Issue 5

Journal Article
Sprawl : friend or foe to rural places?
Weiler, Stephan (2005-12)
Main Street Economist , Issue Dec , Pages 14-15

Journal Article
Beyond cows and corn : rural America in the 21st century
Weiler, Stephan; Henderson, Jason (2004-10)
Main Street Economist , Issue Oct

Journal Article
Gauging a region's entrepreneurial potential
Low, Sarah; Weiler, Stephan; Henderson, Jason (2005-07)
Regions are facing rapidly evolving pressures from today?s global economy. The old rules of the game, where traditional assets such as cheap land and labor determined a region?s success or failure, no longer apply. Instead, new categories of assets are shaping economic prospects?assets like workforce skills, lifestyle amenities, access to capital and information, and innovative activity. Finding new pathways to tap these assets makes economic success much easier. The first step along each new pathway is to measure a region?s assets. The Center for the Study of Rural America is working to ...
Economic Review , Volume 90 , Issue Q III , Pages 61-89

Journal Article
Rural America's new path to workforce skills
Weiler, Stephan; Henderson, Jason (2005-07)
Main Street Economist , Issue Jul