Matt Fannin

Journal Articles

Carpenter, Craig W. and J. Matthew Fannin. 2021. Back to the Future: Re-Incorporation of ‘Metropolitan Character’ in U.S. Core-Based Statistical Area Delineations. Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy. 51(2):67-81.

Fannin, J. Matthew. 2020. “Identities and Regional Science.” Review of Regional Studies. 50(3):323-328.

Petrolia, Dan, Jerrod Penn, Ruth Quainoo, Rex Caffey, and J. Matthew Fannin. 2019. “Know They Beach: The Value of Beach Conditions Information.” Marine Resource Economics. 34(4): 331-359.

Osti, Surendra, Maria Bampasidou, and J. Matthew Fannin. 2019. "Labor-Intensive Multiple Cropping Systems and the H-2A Program. Evidence from the Crawfish Industry. Choices. Quarter 1. Available Online at: http://www.choicesmagazine.org/choices-magazine/theme-articles/the-role-of-guest-workers-in-us-agriculture/labor-intensive-multiple-cropping-systems-and-the-h-2a-program-evidence-from-the-crawfish-industry.

Weber, Bruce, J. Matthew Fannin, Kathleen Miller, and Stephan Goetz. 2018. “Intergenerational Mobility of Low-Income Youth in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan America: A Spatial Analysis.” Regional Science Policy and Practice. 10(2):87-101.

Chapters in Edited Books

Fannin, J. Matthew and Vikash Dangal. 2022. “Where do Small Cities Belong?” Chapter 6 in Connolly, James J., Dangney G. Faulk, and Emily J. Wornell, Eds. pp. 153-168. Vulnerable Communities: Research, Policy, and Practice in Small Cities. Cornell University Press.

Fannin, J. Matthew. 2019. “Financial Resilience of Local Government Impacted by Natural Diasters: A Framework for Calculating Climate Change Risk Liability.” Chapter 15 In Lachapelle, Paul R., and Don Albrecht, Eds. pp. 232-242. Addressing Climate Change at the Community Level in the United States. Community Development Research and Practice Series, New York: Routledge.

Johnson, Thomas G., and J. Matthew Fannin. 2019. “Rural Development - Theory and Methods.” Chapter 24 In Cramer, Gail, Krishna Paudel, and Andrew Schmitz Eds. pp. 427-442. Handbook of Agricultural Economics. New York: Routledge.

Regional Economics
Rural/Community Development
Economic Contribution/Impact of Agriculture
Rural Health Economics

AGEC 1003 – Introduction to Agricultural Business (Last Year Taught: 2022)

AGEC 2021 – Introduction to Organizing and Visualizing Data in Agribusiness (Last Year Taught: 2022)
AGEC 4700 – Problems in Agricultural Economics: International Comparative Analysis of Regional Food Systems (Last Year Taught: 2022)

AGEC 4623 – Rural Resource and Community Development (Last Year Taught: 2022)

AGEC 7623 – Rural Development Economics (Last Year Taught: 2022)

Fannin, J. Matthew. 2018. LSU Tiger Athletic Foundation Undergraduate Teaching Award.

Pender, John, J. Matthew Fannin, Thomas G. Johnson, Alexander W. Marre, Richard J. Reeder, and Bruce A. Weber. 2015. Abraham Lincoln Honors Award for Enhancing the Economic Vitality and Quality of Life of Rural America. (Formerly USDA Secretary’s Honor Awards). USDA, Washington, DC. November.

Fannin, J. Matthew. 2014. LSU Rainmaker Mid-Career Scholar Award

Technical Operations Advisory Committee (TOAC), Southern Rural Development Center, Chair (2023)

Member:
Social Sciences Subcommittee, Experiment Station Committee on Organization and Policy (ESCOP)

American Agricultural Economics Association

Southern Agricultural Economics Association

Southern Regional Science Association

North American Section, Regional Science Association International 

Rosales, Ilich and J. Matthew Fannin. 2022. "Optimizing Regional Information for Measuring the Economic Contribution of Alligators to the Louisiana Economy.* Presentation made at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Regional Science Association, April 7-9, 2022. Austin, TX.

Dangal, Vikash and J. Matthew Fannin. 2021. "Impact of Childhood Environment in Racial Disparity in Incarceration Rates of Children Growing up in Poor Households. "Presentation made at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Regional Science Association, April 6-9. [Virtual].

Fannin, J. Matthew. 2021. “Identities and Regional Science.” Presentation made at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Regional Science Association, April 6-9. [Virtual].

Dangal, Vikash and J. Matthew Fannin. 2019. “Is the Gulf Coast Region a Great Place to Raise a Child? Evaluation of the Upward Mobility of Children Raised along the Gulf Coast of the United States” Presentation made at the Center for Natural Resources and Policy 6th National Forum on Socioeconomic Research in Coastal Systems. May 19-21, 2019. New Orleans, LA.

Dangal, Vikash and J. Matthew Fannin. 2019. “Analyzing the Effect of Exposure to Natural Disaster Risk in Population, Employment and Home Price Growth in Coastal Counties of the United States.” Presentation made at the Center for Natural Resources and Policy 6th National Forum on Socioeconomic Research in Coastal Systems. May 19-21, 2019. New Orleans, LA.

Petrolia, Daniel, Jerrod Penn, Rex Caffey, and J. Matthew Fannin. 2019. "Public Opinion of a Gulf-Wide Beach Conditions Reporting System. Presentation made at the Center for Natural Resources and Policy 6th National Forum on Socioeconomic Research in Coastal Systems. May 19-21, 2019. New Orleans, LA.

Johnson, Thomas G., J. Matthew Fannin, Emily Wornell, Charles Fluharty, and Sam Cordes. 2019. “Rural Arts and Culture Through the Lens of the Comprehensive Wealth Framework.” Selected Paper Presented  at the 58th Meeting of the Southern Regional Science Association. April 4-6, 2019. Washington, DC.

Dangal, Vikash and J. Matthew Fannin. 2019. “Structural Differences in the Neighborhood Characteristics Associated with Social Mobility by Race and Gender.” Selected Paper Presented  at the 58th Meeting of the Southern Regional Science Association. April 4-6, 2019. Washington, DC.

Pender, John, Thomas Johnson, Bruce Weber, and J. Matthew Fannin. Eds. 2014. Rural Wealth Creation. New York: Routledge Press. 

Fannin, J. Matthew. 2022. Historical Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for Louisiana Regions. Online at http://www.lsuagcenter.com/gdp.