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.
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Current Projects
- Economic Contributions of the University of Florida and Affiliated Organizations
Source of Support: University of Florida Office of Government and Community Relations - Economic Contributions of the University of Florida College of Dentistry
Source of Support: University of Florida College of Dentistry - Economic Contributions of the Florida Space Industry
Source of Support: University of Florida Astraeus Space Institute - Florida Office of the Ocean Economy Annual Update
Source of Support: Florida Legislature; Florida Atlantic University - Economic Contributions of the University of Florida and Related Entities in 2023-24
Source of Support: UF Government & Community Relations - Economic Contributions of Florida Citrus Industry in 2023-24
Source of Support: Florida Department of Citrus
- Economic Contributions of the University of Florida and Affiliated Organizations
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Recent Projects
- Economic Contributions of the Florida Forest Industry in 2023
Source of Support: Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services – Florida Forest Service - Economic Contributions of Agriculture, Natural Resource, and Food Industries in Florida and Comparisons to the United States in 2022
Source of Support: N/A - Economic Contributions of the State University System of Florida in 2023-24
Source of Support: State University System of Florida Board of Governors - Economic Contributions of Florida Hospitals and Affiliated Healthcare Businesses in 2023
Source of Support: Florida Hospital Association - Economic Contributions of Forest Product Manufacturing in Fernandina Beach, Florida
Source of Support: RYAM, Smurfit Westrock, and LignoTech Florida, LLC - Potential Economic Impact of Foley Mill Closure
Source of Support: N/A - Ecological and Economic Impacts of Land Use and Climate Change on Coastal Food Webs and Fisheries
Source of Support: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine – Gulf Research Program - Regionalization methods for the U.S. Environmentally Extended Input-Output Model (USEEIO)
Source of Support: GDIT/Contract with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Potential Economic Impacts of the Proposed Alachua County Meat Processing Facility
Source of Support: Alachua County, Florida - 2020-2021 Economic Contributions of the Florida Citrus Industry
Source of Support: Florida Department of Citrus - Economic Contributions of the Florida Beekeeping Industry in 2020
Source of Support: Florida State Beekeepers Association - Economic Contributions of U.S. Seafood Imports – a value chain perspective
Source of Support: National Fisheries Institute, Seafood Industry Research Fund (SIRF)
- Economic Contributions of the Florida Forest Industry in 2023
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Extension Publications
- Court, C.D., Hodges, A.W., McDaid, K., Botta, R., & Ulrich, J. (2026). Economic Contributions of Agriculture, Natural Resource, and Food Industries in Florida in 2022. Forthcoming.
- Ropicki, A., Camp, E. V., Court, C. D., & Botta, R. (2025). Understanding Metrics For Communicating The Economic Importance of Florida’s Fisheries Part III: Measuring Economic Value: FA267, 1/2025. EDIS, 2025(2). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fa267-2025
- Botta, R., Court, C. D., Ropicki, A., & Camp, E. V. (2025). Understanding Metrics for Communicating the Economic Importance of Florida’s Fisheries Part II: Quantifying Market Activity: FA266, 10/2024. EDIS, 2025(1). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fa266-2024
- Cruz, J., Ferreira, J. P., Court, C., & McDaid, K. (2024). 2020-2021 Economic Contributions of the Florida Citrus Industry: FE1155, 8/2024. EDIS, 2024(4). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fe1155-2024
- Ulrich, J. D., Thornsbury, S., Court, C., & Heinzmann, A. B. (2024). Measuring Agriculture Research and Development Return on Investment: Relevance for Florida: FE1148, 7/2024. EDIS, 2024(4). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fe1148-2024
- Khachatryan, H., Wei, X., & Court, C. D. (2024). Florida Pest Management Industry Economic Contributions Report: FE1140, 2/2024. EDIS, 2024(1). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fe1140-2024
- Camp, E. V., Court, C. D., Ropicki, A., & Botta, R. (2023). Understanding Metrics for Communicating the Economic Importance of Florida’s Fisheries Part I: An Overview: FA260, 9/2023. EDIS, 2023(5). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fa260-2023
- Court, C. D., Ferreira, J. P., Botta, R., & McDaid, K. (2023). Economic Contributions of the Agriculture, Natural Resource, and Food Industries in Florida, 2019: FE1136, 7/2023. EDIS, 2023(4). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fe1136-2023
- Botta, R., Court, C. D., & Camp, E. V. (2023). Measuring the short-term economic impacts of ecological restoration: FE1133, 4/2023. EDIS, 2023(2).https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fe1133-2023
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Journal Articles
- Knuth, M., Hodges, A., Hall, C. R., Khachatryan, H., & Tregeagle, D. (2026). Economic Contributions of the Green Industry in the United States in 2023. Journal of Environmental Horticulture, 44(2), 68–75. https://doi.org/10.24266/0738-2898-44.2.68
- Kaplan, D., Athearn, K., Bartels, W.L., Carton de Grammont, P., Court, C.D., He, F., Hochmuth, R., Koirala, U., Lee, D., Love, J., Reaver, N., de Rooij, R., Rowles, K., Smith, A., Schlatter, K., & Graham, W. (2026). Stakeholder-Informed Environmental-Economic Tradeoffs at the Farm and Forest Scale. Journal of Environmental Management., 398, 128584. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.128584
- Miller, M., Konar, M., Peterson, H. H., Court, C.D., Shakya, S., & Stevens, A. (2025). Network centrality in perishable food distribution networks in the United States. Environmental Research: Food Systems., 2(2), 025007. https://doi.org/10.1088/2976-601X/ADD01C
- Marcillo-Yepez, E., Grogan, K. A., Court, C. D., Savchenko, O. M., & Koeneke, R. (2025). Environmental risks and the profitability of Florida’s hard clam aquaculture industry. Aquaculture Economics & Management, 29(4), 705–740. https://doi.org/10.1080/13657305.2025.2487523
- Savchenko, O.M., Botta, R., Koeneke, R., Hilsenroth, J., Grogan, K.A., Harris, H.E., & Court, C.D. (2025). Valuing coastal fisheries and seagrasses: A case study of estuarine resources on Florida’s Nature Coast. Ecological Economics, 230, 108517. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.ECOLECON.2024.108517
- Qiao, X., Lecours, V., Braswell, A. E., & Hazell, J. E. (2024). Identifying community practices in marine benthic data usage in Florida. Ocean & Coastal Management, 259, 107429. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107429
- Ferreira, J.P., Garlock, T.M., Court, C.D., Anderson, J.L., & Asche, F. (2024). The economic contribution of U.S. seafood imports throughout the value chain: A sectorial and species-specific analysis. Marine Policy, 169, 106375. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.MARPOL.2024.106375
- 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
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