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State and Local Economic Research

 

August 2008 – Do Business Definition Decisions Distort Small Business Research Results? [PDF file] an Office of Advocacy Working Paper by Brian Headd and Radwan Saade, Office of Advocacy, Research Summary [PDF]

May 2008 – The HUBZone Program Report [PDF file] submitted by Henry Beale, Microeconomic Applications, Inc., Research Summary [PDF]

March 2008 – Changes in Family Health Insurance Coverage for Small and Large Firm Workers and Dependents [PDF File], submitted by Eric E. Seiber and Curtis S. Florence Research Summary. [PDF File]

February 2008 – Rural and Urban Establishment Births and Deaths Using the U.S. Census Bureau’s Business Information Tracking Series [PDF File], an Office of Advocacy Working Paper by Lawrence A. Plummer, Clemson University, and Brian Headd, Office of Advocacy Research Summary. [PDF File]

March 2007 – Entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley During the Boom and Bust [PDF File] submitted by Robert Fairlie, Research Summary. [PDF File]

February 2007 – Friends or Foes: The Spatial Dynamic Between Established Firms and Entrants [PDF File] submitted Lawrence Plummer, Research Summary. [PDF File]

February 2007 – Small Business and State Growth: An Econometric Investigation [PDF File] submitted by Donald Bruce, John Deskins, Brian Hill, and Jonathan Rork, Research Summary. [PDF File]

January 2007 – Getting the Most Bang for the Buck: An Analysis of States’ Relative Efficiencies in Promoting the Birth of Small Firms [PDF File] submitted by Whitney Peake and Maria Marshall, Purdue University, Research Summary.[PDF File]

December 2006 – Economic Gardening: Next Generation Applications for a Balanced Portfolio Approach to Economic Growth [PDF file], submitted by Steve Quello, CCS Logic and Graham Toft, Growth Economics

December 2006 – The Economic Role of Small Businesses Using Large Data Sets: An Analysis of the Contributions of Small Firms to Urban Growth [PDF file], submitted by Steven Craig and Janet Kohlhase, Research Summary [PDF file].

May 2006 – The Impact of Location on Net Income: A Comparison of Homebased and Non-homebased Sole Proprietors [PDF file], submitted by Joanne H. Pratt Associates, Research Summary [PDF file].

February 2006 – An Empirical Approach to Characterize Rural Small Business Growth and Profitability, [PDF file], submitted by Innovation & Information Consultants, Inc., Research Summary [PDF file].

December 2005 – Research Study [PDF file], Broadband Use by Rural Small Businesses, submitted by Telenomic Research, Research Summary.

October 2005 Research Study [PDF file], State of the Inner City Economies:Small Businesses in the Inner City (Update), submitted by Small Businesses in the Inner City (Research Summary).

July 2005 Research Study [PDF file], A Spatial Model of the Impact of State Bankruptcy Exemptions on Entrepreneurship, submitted by Aparna Mathur, Research Summary.

April 2005 – Research Study [PDF file],The Innovation-Entrepreneurship NEXUS: A National Assessment of Entrepreneurship and Regional Economic Growth and Development, submitted by S. Michael Camp, Advanced Research Technologies, LLC., Research Summary.

February 2005 – Research Study [PDF file],Using Census BITS To Explore Entrepreneurship, Geography, and Economic Growth, submitted by By Zoltan J. Acs and Catherine Armington Research Summary.

May 2003 – Research Study [PDF file], State Small Business Economic Profiles - The number and characteristics of small businesses in each state and U.S. territory is provided.

State and MSA Firm Size Data - Includes the number of employer firms, number of establishments, employment, annual payroll, and receipts.

May 2002 – Research Study [PDF file], State Small Business Economic Profiles - Provides statistics on the number and characteristics of small businesses in each state, created by Office of Economic Research.

March 2001- Research Report [PDF file], Advancing Rural America - Advocacy efforts to promote and support rural small business HTML file.

September 2000 Research Study [PDF file], The High-Tech Rural Renaissance? Information Technology, Firm Size and Rural Employment Growth, submitted by Jed Kolko Research Summary.

June 2000 Research Study [PDF file], Developing High-Technology Communities: San Diego, submitted by Innovation Associates Inc., Research Summary.

March 1999 – Research Report [PDF file], Rural and Urban Areas by Firm Size, 1990-1995 , A report on the changing share of small employer firms with regard to establishments and employment in rural and urban areas by major industry and state, created by the Office of Economic Research.

Research Report--Small Business Finance in Rural and Urban Regions [PDF file], - A report prepared for the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's 1998 "Equity for Rural America: From Wall Street to Main Street" conference "Policy Options for Rural Equity Capital Markets" session.

May 1992 Efficacy of State Export Promotion Efforts, submitted by Charles Cadwel, National Small Business United Research Summary.

Historical research

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