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Steven C. Deller

Professor, Agricultural and Applied Economics

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Telephone:	(608) 263-6251
Fax:	(608) 262-4376
Office Address:	515 Taylor Hall 427 Lorch St. Madison, WI 53706

Prof. Deller's Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

Research Interests

My research forms the backbone of my Extension/outreach educational programs. As the needs of the state change I steer my research program in that direction. My long-term research interest includes modeling community and small regional economies in order to better understand the changing dynamics of the economy, assess the impact of those changes, and identify local economic strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. This area of work includes work using IMPLAN, a regional input-output modeling system along with a family of statistical models of regional structure. Given the current and pending proposals to fundamentally alter the system of public finance in Wisconsin much of my current work has focused on the role of the public sector in community and regional economic growth.

Outreach and Extension Interests

My outreach program is built upon and helps steer my research program. The guiding principals of my outreach program is to "help people make more informed decisions". This includes original research to help provide the inform base for those decisions and working closely with Extension county faculty to facilitate the educational and decision-making processes. Because of the educational philosophy of the CNRED program area, I view my job as "making the agents look good". I do this by providing basic training in the economic way of thinking about issues, tools for analysis at the local level, and Wisconsin and community specific information that is required for county faculty to be the most effective in their educational programs.

Current/Recent Courses

AAE 520: Community Economic Analysis

Recent Publications

Shields, Martin, Judith Stallmann and Steven Deller "The Economic and Fiscal Impacts of the Elderly on a Small Rural Region" Journal of the Community Development Society 34(2003)
Shields, Martin and Steven Deller "Using Economic Impact Models as an Educational Tool in Community Economic Development" Journal of Extension 41(2003)
Shaffer, Ron, Steven Deller and Dave Marcouiller. Community Economics: Linking Theory and Practice. Ames, IA: Blackwell, 2004.
Marcouiller, David W., Kwang-Koo Kim and Steven C. Deller "Natural Amenities, Tourism and Income Distribution " Annals of Tourism Research 31(2004)
Deller, Steven "Urban Growth, Rural Land Conversion and the Fiscal Well-Being of Local Municipalities." in Stephan Goetz, James Shortle and John Bergstrom, ed. Land Use Problems and Conflicts: Causes, Consequences and Solutions. London, England: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2005, pp.94-119.
Deller, Steven C. and Craig S. Maher "Categorical Municipal Expenditures with a Focus on the Flypaper Effect" Public Budgeting & Finance 25(September 2005)
Deller, Steven C., David W. Marcouiller, Donald B.K. English and Victor Lledo "Regional Economic Growth With a Focus on Amenities." in Gary Paul Green, Steven C. Deller & David W. Marcouiller, ed. Amenities and Rural Development: Theory, Methods and Public Policy. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2005, pp.129-152.
Deller, Steven C., Matt Kures and William Ryan "An Analysis of Retail and Service Sector Count Data: Indentification of Market Potential for Wisconsin Counties." Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison. AAE Staff Paper Series
Deller, Steven, Brian Gould and Bruce Jones "Agriculture and US Rural Economic Growth" Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 35(2003)
Deller, Steven and Craig Maher "Government, Effectiveness, Performance and Local Property Values." Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison. AAE Staff Paper Series
Deller, Steven and Mark Skidmore "Convergence in Local Government Spending: Evidence from Wisconsin." Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison. AAE Staff Paper Series
Deller, Steven and Melissa Deller "Shifting Patterns in Wisconsin Crime Rates." Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison. AAE Staff Paper Series
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Kim, Kwang-Koo, David W. Marcouiller and Steven C. Deller "Natural Amenities and Rural Development: Understanding Spatial and Distributional Attributes " Growth and Change 36(Spring 2005)
Deller, Steven "Does ‘‘Trickle Down’’ Work? Economic Development Strategies and Job Chains in Local Labor Markets, by .", Joseph Persky, Daniel Felsenstein, and Virginia Carlson, ed. Journal of Regional Science.45(3) pp.638-639 2005. Upjohn Institute, 2005.
Shaffer, Ron, Steve Deller and Dave Marcouiller "Rethinking Community Economic Development" Economic Development Quarterly 20(February 2006)
Deller, Steven C. and Craig S. Maher "A Model of Asymmetries in the Flypaper Effect" Publius: The Journal of Federalism 36(Spring 2006)
Deller, Steven and Craig Maher "A Model of Asymmetries in the Flypaper Effect" Publius: The Journal of Federalism 36(2006)
Chi, Guangqing, Paul R. Voss and Steven C. Deller "Rethinking Highway Effects on Population Change" Public Works Management & Policy 11(July 2006)
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Deller, Steven C. and Stallmann, Judith "Tax and Expenditure Limitations and Economic Growth" Marquette Law Review 90(2007)
Deller, Steven C. and Deller, Melissa "Shifting Patterns in Wisconsin Crime" Sociological Imagination 43(2007)
Maher, Craig and Deller, Steven C "Municipal Responses to Fiscal Stress" International Journal of Public Administration 30(2007)
Deller,Steven C. "The Role of Microenterprises in Economic Growth: A Panel Study of Wisconsin Counties 1977 to 1997." Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Deller, Steven C. and Preissing, John "The Specialist in Today’s University of Wisconsin – Extension." Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Deller, Steven C. and Stallmann, Judith "Impact of Tax and Expenditure Limitations on Economic Growth." Applied Economic Letters.
Goetz, Stephnan, G., Deller, Steven C. and Harris, Thomas. (eds). "." Targeted Regional Economic Development.
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Deller, Steven C., Victor Lledo and David Marcouiller "Modeling Regional Economic Growth with a Focus on Amenities" Review of Urban & Regional Development Studies 20(2008)
Fortenbery, Randall T. and Steven Deller "Understanding Community Impacts: A Tool for Evaluating Externalities from Local Bio-Fuels Production" Journal of Extension 46(2008)
Deller, Steven "Community Economic Development." in , ed. The Encyclopedia of Rural America. Grey Publishing, 2008,
Deller, Steven C. and John Preissing "The Specialist in Today’s University of Wisconsin – Extension." Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Krumenauer, Gail K. and Steven C. Deller "Early Childhood Care and Education: Economic Impacts in Dane County." Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Deller, Steven C. and James McConnon Jr. "Microenterprises and Economic Growth: A Panel Study of the US States 1977 to 1997." Applied Economic Letters.
Stallmann, Judith I. and Steven Deller "Impact of State and Local Tax and Expenditure Limits on Economic Growth." Applied Economic Letters.
Girard, Paul., Robert Mohr, Steven Deller and John Halstead "Public-Private Partnerships and Cooperative Agreements in Municipal Service Delivery." International Journal of Public Administration .
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Deller, Steven C. and Maher, Craig "Is the Flypaper Effect Symmetric?." Applied Economic Letters.
Geotz, Stephan, Steven Deller and Tom Harris (eds) "." Targeting Regional Economic Growth.

Education

Ph.D., Agricultural Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1988.
M.S., Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1985.
B.A., Economics, Western Illinois University, Macomb, 1982.