Publications

Presentation by economist Terry Rephann at the 2nd Annual "State of Asian Business Entrepreneurship" Forum in Richmond, Virginia on May 23, 2013.

Presentation by economist Terry Rephann to the Roanoke Regional Chamber of Commerce on Roanoke region economic trends.

A presentation given to the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Public Service Training Program by economist Terry Rephann on the Fiscal Cliff and its effect on Virginia's and Thomas Jefferson Planning District's economies.

Dental health across the U.S. has improved steadily in recent years and most Virginians receive more frequent preventive care than the national average. But some segments of Virginia’s population have clearly been left behind in access to dental care, according to the authors, Terance Rephann and Tanya Wanchek.

Climate change policy analysis has focused almost exclusively on national policy and even on harmonizing climate policies across countries, implicitly assuming that harmonization of climate policies at the subnational level would be mandated or guaranteed. We argue that the design and implementation of climate policy in a federal union will diverge in important ways from policy design in a unitary government.

This paper examines the distribution of dentists among U.S. counties along the rural-urban continuum. Dentist workforce availability has implications for oral health care access and utilization, which in turn can affect the quality of life, health, and productivity of rural residents. In addition, dentists form part of the non-tradable services sector, and its erosion may affect the vitality of rural economies.

Southwest Virginia is a rural, low-income region of Virginia with poor oral health outcomes. One approach
that policymakers have offered to improve outcomes is opening a dental school
in the region. We assess how a new dental school could affect the availability
of dentists, utilization levels of dental services, and quality of care. Both

This study describes the agricultural sector in Virginia Beach and gauges the contribution that it makes to the city economy.  Although the industry and agricultural land base has shrunk considerably over the last 40 years, it began to stabilize in the last 15 years with expanded local land use regulations and land preservation efforts.