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Steven C. Deller
Professor, Agricultural and Applied Economics
E-Mail Address:
Telephone: (608) 263-6251
Fax: (608) 262-4376
Office Address: 515 Taylor Hall
427 Lorch St.
Madison, WI  53706
Interests: Economic Growth and Development Patterns
Office Hours: By appointment
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.

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.

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.

Recent Publications

  • Deller, Steven C. and Craig S. Maher. Spring 2006. "A Model of Asymmetries in the Flypaper Effect" Publius: The Journal of Federalism 36(2):213-229
  • Kim, Kwang-Koo, David W. Marcouiller and Steven C. Deller. Spring 2005. "Natural Amenities and Rural Development: Understanding Spatial and Distributional Attributes " Growth and Change 36(2):273-297
  • Deller, Steven C. and Craig S. Maher. September 2005. "Categorical Municipal Expenditures with a Focus on the Flypaper Effect" Public Budgeting & Finance 25(3):73-90
  • Chi, Guangqing, Paul R. Voss and Steven C. Deller. July 2006. "Rethinking Highway Effects on Population Change" Public Works Management & Policy 11(1):18-32
  • Shaffer, Ron, Steve Deller and Dave Marcouiller. February 2006. "Rethinking Community Economic Development" Economic Development Quarterly 20(1):59-74
  • Girard, Paul., Mohr, Robert D., Deller, Steven C., and Halstead, John M.. 209. "Public-Private Partnerships and Cooperative Agreements in Municipal Service Delivery" International Journal of Public Administration 32(5):370-392
  • Maher, Craig, Deller, Steven C. and Amiel, Lindsay. . 2011. "Property Tax Limits and Fiscal Burdens: The Role of Organizational Structure" Public Administration Quarterly 35(2):202-237
  • Deller, Steven C.. 2011. "Spatial Heterogeneity in the Wage Curve" Economic Letters 113(3):231-233
  • Maher, Craig and Deller, Steven C. 2011. "Measuring Municipal Fiscal Condition: Do Objective Measures of Fiscal Health Relate to Subjective Measures?” " Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Fiscal Management 23(3):455-478
  • Deller, Steven C. and Deller, Melissa. 2011. "Structural Shifts in Select Determinants of Crime with a Focus on Rural and Urban Differences." 12(3):120-138
  • Deller, Steven C., Amiel, Lindsay, and Deller, Melissa. 2011. "Model Uncertainty in Ecological Criminology: An Application of Bayesian Model Averaging with Rural Crime Data" International Journal of Criminology and Sociological Theory 4(2):683-717
  • Stallmann, Judith and Deller, Steven C. 2011. "State Tax and Expenditure Limitations and Economic Performance" Public Budgeting and Finance 31(4):109-135
  • Deller, Steven C.. 2010. "Rural Poverty, Tourism and Spatial Heterogeneity" Annals of Tourism Research 37(1):180-205
  • Stallmann, Judith I. and Deller, Steven C. 2010. "Impact of State and Local Tax and Expenditure Limits on Economic Growth" Applied Economic Letters 17(7):645-648
  • Deller, Steven C. and Deller, Melissa. 2010. "Rural Crime and Social Capital" Growth and Change 41(2):221-275
  • Goetz, Stephan, Partridge, Mark Deller, Steven C. and Flemming, David. 2010. "Evaluating Rural Entrepreneurship Policy in the U.S." Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy 40(1):20-33
  • Mohr, Robert D., Deller, Steven C. and Halstead, John M. 2010. "Public-Private Partnerships, Cooperative Agreements, and the Production of Public Services in Small and Rural Municipalities" Public Administration Review 70(6):894-905
  • Deller, Steven C. . 2010. "Spatial Heterogeneity in the Role of Microenterprises in Economic Growth" Review of Regional Studies 40(1):70-96
  • Deller, Steven C. and Maher, Craig. 2009. "Is the Flypaper Effect Symmetric?" Applied Economics Letters 16(4):331-335
  • Deller, Steven C. and McConnon, James Jr. 2009. "Microenterprises and Economic Growth: A Panel Study of the US States 1977 to 1997" Applied Economic Letters 16(13):1307-1312
  • Deller, Steven C. and Maher, Craig. 2009. "Government, Effectiveness, Performance and Local Property Values" International Journal of Public Administration 32(13):1182-1212
  • Deller, Steven C.. 2009. "Wages, Rent, Unemployment and Amenities" Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy 39(2):141-154
  • Goetz, Stephan, G., Deller, Steven C. and Harris, Thomas 2009. Goetz, Stephan, G., Deller, Steven C. and Harris, Thomas, ed. Oxford: Routledge Publishing.
  • Goetz, Stephan, Steven Deller and Tom Harris 2009. London: Routledge Publishing.
  • Deller, Steven C. and Craig Maher. 2009. "Is the Flypaper Effect Symmetric?" Applied Economic Letters 16(13):331-335
  • Girard, Paul., Mohr, Robert D., Deller, Steven C., and Halstead, John M. 2009. "Public-Private Partnerships and Cooperative Agreements in Municipal Service Delivery" International Journal of Public Administration 32(5):370-392
  • Deller, Steven C. and Maher, Craig . 2009. "Government, Effectiveness, Performance and Local Property Values" International Journal of Public Administration 32(13):1182-1212
  • Deller, Steven C.. 2009. "Wages, Rent, Unemployment and Amenities" Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy 37(1):180-205
  • Deller, Steven C., Victor Lledo and David Marcouiller. 2008. "Modeling Regional Economic Growth with a Focus on Amenities" Review of Urban & Regional Development Studies 20(1):1-21
  • Fortenbery, Randall T. and Steven Deller. 2008. "Understanding Community Impacts: A Tool for Evaluating Externalities from Local Bio-Fuels Production" Journal of Extension 46(6)
  • Deller, Steven. "Community Economic Development." in The Encyclopedia of Rural America. Grey Publishing, 2008,
  • Deller, Steven C. and Stallmann, Judith. 2007. "Tax and Expenditure Limitations and Economic Growth" Marquette Law Review 90(3):497-554
  • Deller, Steven C. and Deller, Melissa. 2007. "Shifting Patterns in Wisconsin Crime" Sociological Imagination 43(1):18-51
  • Maher, Craig and Deller, Steven C. 2007. "Municipal Responses to Fiscal Stress" International Journal of Public Administration 30(12):1549-1572
  • Johnson, Thomas G., Daniel M. Otto and Steven C. Deller 2006. Ames, IA: Blackwell.
  • Deller, Steven and Craig Maher. 2006. "A Model of Asymmetries in the Flypaper Effect" Publius: The Journal of Federalism 36(2):213-229
  • 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.
  • Green, Gary Paul, Steven C. Deller and David W. Marcouiller 2005. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
  • 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. "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, 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. 2004. "Natural Amenities, Tourism and Income Distribution " Annals of Tourism Research 31(4):1031-1050
  • Shields, Martin and Steven Deller. 2003. "Using Economic Impact Models as an Educational Tool in Community Economic Development" Journal of Extension 41(3)
  • Shields, Martin, Judith Stallmann and Steven Deller. 2003. "The Economic and Fiscal Impacts of the Elderly on a Small Rural Region" Journal of the Community Development Society 34(1):85-106
  • Deller, Steven, Brian Gould and Bruce Jones. 2003. "Agriculture and US Rural Economic Growth" Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 35(3):517-527
  • Deller, Steven C., Matt Kures and William Ryan. "An Analysis of Retail and Service Sector Count Data: Indentification of Market Potential for Wisconsin Counties." Dept. of Ag & App Econ. AAE Staff Paper Series University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Deller, Steven and Melissa Deller. "Shifting Patterns in Wisconsin Crime Rates." Dept. of Ag & App Econ. AAE Staff Paper Series University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Deller, Steven and Craig Maher. "Government, Effectiveness, Performance and Local Property Values." Dept. of Ag & App Econ. AAE Staff Paper Series University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Deller, Steven and Mark Skidmore. "Convergence in Local Government Spending: Evidence from Wisconsin." Dept. of Ag & App Econ. AAE Staff Paper Series University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Deller,Steven C. . "The Role of Microenterprises in Economic Growth: A Panel Study of Wisconsin Counties 1977 to 1997." Dept. of Ag & App Econ. University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Deller, Steven C. and Preissing, John. "The Specialist in Today’s University of Wisconsin – Extension." Dept. of Ag & App Econ. University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Deller, Steven C. and Stallmann, Judith. "Impact of Tax and Expenditure Limitations on Economic Growth." Applied Economic Letters.
  • Deller, Steven C. and Maher, Craig. "Is the Flypaper Effect Symmetric?." Applied Economic Letters.
  • Goetz, Stephnan, G., Deller, Steven C. and Harris, Thomas. (eds). . "." Targeted Regional Economic Development.
  • Deller, Steven C. and John Preissing. "The Specialist in Today’s University of Wisconsin – Extension." Dept. of Ag & App Econ. University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Krumenauer, Gail K. and Steven C. Deller. "Early Childhood Care and Education: Economic Impacts in Dane County." Dept. of Ag & App Econ. University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • 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 .
  • Geotz, Stephan, Steven Deller and Tom Harris (eds). "." Targeting Regional Economic Growth.
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