CBER works on many research projects throughout the year. Most of these documents are in Adobe PDF format; if you need to download the Adobe Acrobat Reader, click here.

2007

• 2007 - People at Risk: The Financial Crisis in West Virginia Public Health
• 2007 - Summary of West Virginia Legislation Pertaining to Local Health Districts
• 2007 - Property Tax Reform
• 2007 - Energy Outlook for West Virginia: 2008
• 2007 - Alternate Approaches to Support of Special Education in State School Finance Programs: Revised and Updated
• 2007 - Landfill Gas Proximity Analysis: Potential Direct Users in West Virginia
• 2007 - The Economic Potential of Regional Sports Activities in the Kanawha Valley (Shockwave format)
• 2007 - Economics of Table Games: What Does the Research Say?

2006

• 2006 - Education Finance and Property Tax Relief In West Virginia
• 2006 - Attitudes and Awareness of Energy Efficiency and Alternative Energy Resources in West Virginia
• 2006 - Innovative Energy Opportunities in West Virginia
• 2006 - In Response to the Final Report “Assessment of Alternative Funding Mechanisms to Encourage Environmental Compliance and to Maintain Solvency of the Special Reclamation Fund” (submitted February 13, 2006)
• 2006 - Assessment of Alternative Funding Mechanisms to Encourage Environmental Compliance and to Maintain Solvency of the Special Reclamation Fund
• 2006 - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in Appalchia: Policy and Potential
• 2006 - The Economic Impact of Marshall University

2005

• 2005 - West Virginia Water Resources Protection Act Project 3: Potential Growth Areas
• 2005 - Review of Studies Evaluating the Impact of Wind Farms on Property Values (in Microsoft Powerpoint)
• 2005 - The Economic Impact of Early Child Development Programs in West Virginia
  • Executive Summary
• 2005 - Hurricane Katrina: Preliminary Estimates of Commercial and Public Sector Damages
• 2005 - An Evaluation of Technology in West Virginia Schools: Results from a Teacher and Student Survey
  • Appendices
• 2005 - Early Childhood Education, Economic Development and the Formation of Human Capital (in Microsoft Powerpoint)
• 2005 - The Residential and Commercial Benefits of Rural Broadband: Evidence from Central Appalachia
  • Appendix A: The Data
  • Appendix B: Technical Analysis of Residential Access to Broadband
  • Appendix C: Technical Analysis of Firm Productivity Analysis
• 2005 - The Economic Impact of the Realignment of the 130th Air National Guard Airlift Wing at Yeager Airport
• 2005 - Regional Markets for FutureGen Products
• 2005 - Local Government Consolidations: Lessons for West Virginia

2004

• 2004 - The Goodwin Decision's Impacts on Coal Production and Economic Outcomes: A Preliminary Discussion
• 2004 - School Consolidation and Educational Performance: An Economic Analysis of West Virginia High Schools
• 2004 - Coal in the WV Economy Presentation
• 2004 - Repositioning within ASEAN: A Brunei Darussalam Diversification Strategy
• 2004 - Measuring the Cost of Incremental Railroad Capacity: A GIS Approach

2003

• 2003 - Central Corridor Double-Stack Initiative
• 2003 - Regional Correlates of Educational Performance In West Virginia Middle and High Schools
• 2003 - Tri-State Data: An Economic Development Resource
• 2003 - Bidco Presentation (in Microsoft Powerpoint)
• 2003 - West Virginia Land & Mineral Owner’s Council Presentation (in Microsoft Powerpoint)
• 2003 -Expected Flood Damages to Transportation Infrastructures as a Proportion of Total Event Costs: a Methodological Exploration
• 2003 - Ohio River Basin Trade/Tourism/Transportation System (website)
• 2003 - Transportation and Market Feasibility Analysis for Innovative Coal Combustion Byproducts to be Manufactured Adjacent to the I-64 High Tech Corridor in Southern WV
• 2003 - I-64, Beckley, WV to White Sulphur Springs, WV Growth Assessment and Recommendations

2002

• 2002 - Individual Returns to Educational Investment
• 2002 - Fiscal Implications of Judicially Imposed Surface Mining Restrictions in West Virginia
• 2002 - Productivity and Growth Presentation (in Microsoft Powerpoint)
• 2002 - Business and Occupation Tax Revenue Forecasts: Huntington, West Virginia
• 2002 - A Forecast of Economic Activity: Selected Industries in West Virginia's Workforce Investment Region 1
• 2002 - Impact of Appalachian Highway Corridors on the Scope of Small Business Activity
• 2002 - State of the Workforce Report: South Western West Virginia Region 2 Workforce Investment Board
• 2002 - Workforce Investment Board Region 2 Slide Show (in Microsoft Powerpoint)
• 2002 - Region 2 Workforce Investment Board (website)
• 2002 - State of the Workforce Report: Region 1 Workforce Investment Board
• 2002 - Public Support for the Development of Browns Island
• 2002 - Transportation and the Potential for Intermodal Efficiency Enhancements in Western West Virginia Final Phase II
• 2002 - Mountain State Clean Water Trust Fund

2001

• 2001 - Coal Production Forecasts and Economic Impact Simulations in Southern West Virginia
• 2001 - St. Albans Economic Study
• 2001 - Transportation and the Potential for Intermodal Efficiency Enhancements in Western West Virginia Final Phase I

2000

• 2000 - Bun Venit In Presentation (in Microsoft Powerpoint)
• 2000 - West Virginia Econometric Model
• 2000 - Karl Marx on the Foundations of Monetary Theory
• 2000 - Commodity Flows and Transportation Inventory for 13 Counties in Southern West Virginia Final Phase II
• 2000 - Commodity Flows and Transportation Inventory for 13 Counties in Southern West Virginia Final Phase I

1999

• 1999 - A Dynamic Analysis of the West Virginia Cash Assistance Programs: 1978 - 1998
• 1999 - Industry Performance Gradient Indexes and Market Entrance: An Empirical Tool for Market Researchers
• 1999 - The Locational Impact of Wal-Mart Entrance: A Panel Study of the Retail Trade Sector in West Virginia
• 1999 - Feasibility Study for Marshall University - Huntington Baseball Stadium
• 1999 - Calculating the Value of Upper Mississippi River Navigation: Methodological Review and Recommendations

1998

• 1998 - The Incremental Cost of Transportation Capacity in Freight Railroading: An Application to the Snake River Basin
• 1998 - The National and Regional Economic Benefits Of Commercial Navigation on the Snake River