Publications

This study examines the effect of the public higher education sector on Virginia's economy.  It is an update of a study conducted four years ago.  The study is based on new information made available since the last study and contains some methodological refinements and utilizes new Virginia-specific data sources to further improve the accuracy of the results.  The study provides a full accounting of the current flow of economic activity i

This study describes the contribution of the agriculture and forestry
industries to Virginia's economy.  It makes use of input-output
analysis to identify agriculture and forestry backward and forward
linkages to other industries and institutions.  It also provides
separate estimates of agriculture and forest impacts, impacts by
industry groupings arranged by level of dependency on raw materials

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 on Roanoke Metropolitan Area economic activity.

This study evaluates the interment needs of Virginia's veterans and assesses progress made since a report, Meeting the Memorial Needs of Virginia Veterans: An Analysis of Existing and Proposed Cemetery Sites, was published in 2007. It describes various changes that have occurred since that report, including changes in U.S.

This study examines trends in the Danville metropolitan area economy with particular attention to the changing size and composition of the agribusiness sector. Agribusiness is defined here as farms, nurseries and timber tracts and any business that harvests, processes, manufactures, generates power from, or warehouses and distributes products with a strong agriculture or forest raw material or product input component.

Presentation to the Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors at their regular meeting on January 2nd on the subject of U.S., Virginia, and Fluvanna County economy.

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.