Economic Research
Economic ResearchTopic - Natural Resources
Dealing with gas
Long-neglected natural gas is undergoing its own infrastructure boom focused on high-value gas liquids
Phil Davies
April 2013 - fedgazette
The beetle and the damage done
A pine-killing insect could be a game changer for forest products firms in Montana and South Dakota
Phil Davies
November 2012 - fedgazette
Tourism survives beetle attack
Phil Davies
November 2012 - fedgazette
Sand surge
In Minnesota and Wisconsin, frac sand mining has lifted local economies—and stirred opposition
Phil Davies
July 2012 - fedgazette
Desperately seeking workers in the oil patch
Jobs go begging in booming western North Dakota and northeastern Montana
Phil Davies
April 2012 - fedgazette
Energizing Native economies: Tribes build corporate governance to spur investment and development
Some American Indian tribes are overhauling their corporate governance structures in order to facilitate energy projects and other economic development on tribal lands.
Paula Woessner
January 2012 - Community Dividend
Roll out the (wine) barrel
Winemaking is an emerging niche market in the district
Phil Davies
November 2010 - fedgazette
Ninth District community developers use green innovations to help make housing affordable
For affordable housing developers, the goal of "going green" is not only to provide permanent shelter and community stabilization at a lower cost, but to provide low-income families with long-term red
Deborah Booth Summers
October 2010 - Community Dividend
Pedal to the metal in the Bakken
After a slowdown, North Dakota’s oil industry is going full bore
Phil Davies
June 2010 - fedgazette
The Bitter Effect of Cartels
In a case study of the U.S. sugar industry, James Schmitz and co-authors demonstrate that cartels can lead to big reductions in productivity
Joe Mahon
June 2010 - The Region
CRF to launch green loan program for small businesses
November 2009 - Community Dividend
After the oil rush
In the Williston Basin, less drilling activity has created uncertainty about the future
Phil Davies
September 2009 - fedgazette
Forest products taken to the woodshed
The housing slump has had a big impact on the industry that provides building materials
Wonho Chung
September 2009 - fedgazette
Vroom Vroom Vroom
2008-2009 Essay Contest Winner
Jacob Devine
September 2009 - The Region
What grows in the Ninth, stays in the Ninth
Community supported agriculture flourishes in the district
Joe Mahon, Kathy Cobb
September 2009 - fedgazette
