Department of Economics
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Programs Offered
Community Economic Analysis and Education Services
Extension Community and Economic Development, College of Agriculture, Department of Economics
Array of community economic analyses for groups, communities, and regions with an interest in understanding their economic structure or in understanding the consequences of economic change.
ReCAP (Regional Capacity Analysis Program)
Extension Community and Economic Development, College of Agriculture, Agriculture Experiment Station, Department of Economics, Department of Sociology
Economic and demographic data and analysis for community development efforts, local needs assessments, and community benchmarking.
ReCAP's Web-based information products include local retail trade analysis reports, demographic and economic indicators, industry studies, and other tools for community analysis. The standardized data products and reports are available at no charge. For more in-depth information needs, ReCAP offers fee-based research and technical consulting services to communities and groups. See separate listings for Community Economic Analysis and Education Services, Retail Trade Area Analysis, and Targeted Industrial Development and Research.
keywords: census, data, demographics, employment, population, statistics, trends
Research on Statewide Economic Issues
Extension Community and Economic Development, College of Agriculture, Department of Economics
This research focuses on industrial change, regional economies, and other important dynamics of the state''s and nation''s economic structure.
Retail Trade Analysis Program
Extension Community and Economic Development, College of Agriculture, Department of Economics
Program: The Retail Trade Analysis portfolio is comprised of many products intended to advance a community’s understanding of its unique retail landscape. The three main products are:
1. Local presentations describing trends and characteristics of the local retail sector, with emphasis on analysis of available retail sales data to portray both historical and current retail sales performance.
2. A customized profile of a community’s trade region including its population siize, geographic extent and market demographics. Includes regional profile and comparisons with similar trade centers as well as geographical competing trade centers.
3. Retail community visioning process utilizing retail sales data, geographic information, and general retail trends. The product includes assessment of the likelihood of survival of particular business types as well as a planning component looking towards the future of a community’ retail sector in terms of sustainability.
Targeted Industrial Development and Research
College of Agriculture, Department of Economics
This is a regional industrial and economic research service designed to help multi-county groups understand the structure of their shared regional economy and which elements of their regional economy are strong, stable, declining, or emerging.