Faculty
Stephan J. Goetz
Professor, Agricultural and Regional Economics
Director, The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development
Ph.D., Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University, 1990
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Email address:sgoetz@psu.edu Telephone: 1-814-863-4656 Fax: 1-814-863-0586 Office address: 7-E Armsby Building University Park, PA 16802 Web Page: http://www.cas.nercrd.psu.edu/ |
Outreach/Extension Interests
As Director of The Northeast Center, I provide leadership for economic and community development research and extension activities across 13 states. Part of this responsibility includes linking state activities to national and regional initiatives. An underlying theme of my research program is the role of markets and human capital in stimulating economic growth and development, and in reducing poverty. Current research interests include social network analysis, regional food systems, self-employment and targeted regional economic development.
Current/Recent Courses
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AEREC 533: Rural and Regional Economic Development
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CEDev 430: Rural Development Planning
Recent Selected Publications
Goetz, Stephan J., Steven C. Deller and Thomas Harris, editors, Targeted Regional Economic Development, Routledge, UK (2009).
Goetz, Stephan J. and Sundra S. Shrestha, “Explaining Self-Employment Success and Failure: Wal-Mart vs. Starbucks or Schumpeter vs. Putnam,” Social Science Quarterly. 91, 1 (2009): 22-38.
Grassmueck, Georg, Stephan J. Goetz and Martin Shields, “Youth Out-Migration from Pennsylvania: The Roles of Government Fragmentation vs. the Beaten Path Effect,” Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy. 38, 1 (2008):77-88.
Shrestha, Sundar S., Stephan J. Goetz, and Anil Rupasingha, “Proprietorship Formations and US Job Growth,” Review of Regional Studies. 27, 2 (2007):146-168.
Brasier, K.J., S.J. Goetz, L.A. Smith, M. Ames, J. Green, T. Kelsey, A. Rangarajan and W. Whitmer. “How Clusters of Agricultural Firms Affect Local Community Sustainability,” Journal of the Community Development Society. 38, 3 (2007): 8-22.
Goetz, Stephan J. and Hema Swaminathan, “Wal-Mart and Family Poverty in US Counties,” Social Sciences Quarterly, 83, 2 (2006): 211-225.