Food and Resource Economics Department

Economic Impact Analysis

Regional Economic Analysis

Regional economic modeling, economic contribution analyses, and economic impact analyses can all provide useful information to researchers, private firms, industry organizations, and policymakers for communication and decision making purposes. The EIAP has a long history of sponsored research projects as well as independent research collaborations that have resulted in a large portfolio of research outputs. Information about current projects as well as recent EIAP reports and academic publications that employ general regional economic analysis methods can be found on this page. Data visualizations associated with several projects are also available on the EIAP Data Platform. Outputs from past project can be accessed via the EIAP Research Archive.

Current Projects
- Climate Change on Coastal Food-Webs and Fisheries
  Source of support: NASEM
- Regionalization methods for the U.S. Environmentally Extended Input-Output Model (USEEIO)
  Source of support: GDIT/Contract with the US EPA

Current Program Reports

Potential Economic Impact of Foley Mill Closure, October 2023, Christa D. Court, Kevin R. Athearn, and Lori C. Wiggins

Potential Economic Impacts of the Proposed Alachua County Meat Processing Facility, May 2023, Christa D. Court, João Pedro Ferreira, Xiaohui Qiao, Eyrika Orlando, and Ethan Lantzy

2020-2021 Economic Contributions of the Florida Citrus Industry, February 2023, Julio Cruz, Joao-Pedro Ferreira, Christa D. Court

Economic Contributions of Florida Hospitals in 2021, February 2023, Alan W. Hodges and Christa D. Court

Economic Contributions of the Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Food Industries in Florida, 2019, August 2022, Christa D. Court, Joao-Pedro Ferreira, Robert Botta, and Kelsey McDaid

Economic Contributions of the Florida Beekeeping Industry in 2020, July 2022, Christa D. Court, Alan Hodges, Amy Vu, Lauren Roberts, Tyler Carney, Jamie Ellis, Kevin Athearn, Joao Ferreira, Kelsey McDaid, Christopher Oster, and Cody Prouty

Economic Contributions of U.S. Seafood Imports – a value chain perspective, June 2022, Joao Ferreira, Taryn Garlock, Christa D. Court, James L. Anderson, Frank Asche, Kelsey McDaid, Xiaohui Qiao, and Bixuan Yang

Economic Contributions of the Fruit and Vegetable Juice Industry in the United States in 2017, July 2020, Thomas H. Spreen, Alan W. Hodges, Christa D. Court, and Angelia Chen

Potential Economic Impacts of the Proposed Alachua County U.S. Army Reserve Equipment Concentration Site (ECS), May 2020, Christa D. Court and Joao-Pedro Ferreira

Economic Contributions of University of Florida Health in Jacksonville, 2017-2018, October 2019, Christa D. Court, Alan W. Hodges, and Caleb A. Stair

Economic Contributions of the University of Florida and Related Entities in 2017-18, April 2019, Alan W. Hodges, Caleb A. Stair, and Christa D. Court

Contributions of Beef and Dairy Cattle and Allied Industries in Florida in 2017, March 2019, Alan W. Hodges, Christa D. Court, Mohammad Rahmani, Caleb A. Stair

Recent Academic Publications

Botta, R., Garlock, T., Asche, F., Camp, E.V., & Ropicki, A. (2023). The value of product attributes for farmed oysters: A hedonic price analysis of US restaurant menus. Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association. 2(2), 295 - 305. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaa2.58.

Ferreira, J.P., Marques, J.L., Pires, S.M., Iha, K., & Gallo, A. (2023). Supporting national-level policies for sustainable consumption in Portugal: a socio-economic ecological footprint analysis. Ecological Economics. 205, 107687. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2022.107687.

Court, C.D., Ferreira, J.P., Stair, C., & Hodges, A.W. (2023). Importance of Consistency and Standardization in Estimating Economic Contributions of the Forest Industry in the Southern United States. Journal of Forestry. 121(3), 235-245. https://doi.org/10.1093/jofore/fvad001.

Li, Mo., Ferreira, J.P., Court, C.D., Meyer, D., Li, Me., Ingwersen, W. (2023). StateIO - Open source economic input-output models for the 50 states of the United States. International Regional Science Review, 46(4), 428-481. https://doi.org/10.1177/01600176221145874.

Backer, L.C., Lavery, A., Solo-Gabriel, H., Schnall, A.H., Reich, A., Kirkpatrick, B., Roberts, V., Vigar, M., Estenik, J., Kieszak, S., Botta, R., Coffey, K., Court, C.D., Koeneke, R., Wowk, K., Stephan, W.B., Trainer, V., Stumpf, R. & Fleming, L. (2023). Monitoring and Measuring Human Health and Well-being. In L. Fleming, L.A. Creencia, W. Gerwick, H.C. Goh, M. Gribble, B. Maycock, & H. Solo-Gabriele (Eds.), Oceans and Human Health. (2nd Edition, pp. 597 – 641). Elsevier. Cambridge, MA. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-95227-9.00010-5.

Court, C.D., Jackson, R.W., Harker Steele, A.J., Pickenpaugh, G., Járosi, P., Adder, J., & Zelek, C. (2022). Extending Macroeconomic Impacts Forecasting for NEMS. The Energy Journal. 43(4), 251-271. https://doi.org/10.5547/01956574.43.4.ccou.

He, F., Borisova, T., Athearn, K., Hochmuth, R., and Barret, C. (2022). Choosing nitrogen application rate recommendation given Florida’s regulatory water policy, HortScience. 57(11), 1387 – 1396. https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI16656-22.

Ferreira, J.P., Isidoro, C., Moura e Sá, F., & Mota, J.C. (2022). O valor económico da bicicleta à escala local: estimativa dos potenciais impactos ambientais, energéticos e na saúde em Portugal (Economic benefits of cycling on a local scale: Estimation of potential environmental energy, and health impacts in Portugal). Finisterra, 57(119), 87–107. https://doi.org/10.18055/Finis25261.

Botta, R., Borsum, J.S., Camp, E.V., Court, C.D., & Frederick, P. (2022). Short-term economic impacts of ecological restoration in estuarine and coastal environments: A case study of Lone Cabbage Reef. Restoration Ecology, 30(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.13462.

Botta, R., Court, C.D., Ropicki, A., & Camp, E.V. (2021). Evaluating the regional economic contributions of US aquaculture: Case study of Florida’s shellfish aquaculture industry. Aquaculture Economics and Management, 25(2), 223-244. https://doi.org/10.1080/13657305.2020.1869860.

Contact

Dr. Christa Court, Director
1121 McCarty Hall B
PO Box 110240
Gainesville, FL 32611-0240
Phone: 352-294-7675
E-mail: ccourt@ufl.edu