PETER V. SCHAEFFER, PH.D.
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Migration

  • PV Schaeffer, 2020. “Migration, Depressed Regions, and Place-Based Policy.” Chapter 23 in K Kourtit, P Nijkamp, M Partridge, B Newbold, editors. Handbook on The Economic Geography of Cross-Border Migration. Footprints of Regional Science. Springer Verlag, Cham, Switzerland: 529-541 (this is the pre-publication version)
  • ​PV Schaeffer, 2017. "Directions in Migration Research." Chapter in RW Jackson, PV Schaeffer, editors: Regional Research Frontiers, Springer Verlag (this is the pre-publication version)
  • PV Schaeffer, JO Bukenya, 2014. “Assimilation of Foreigners in Former West Germany.” International Migration, 52(4): 157-174
  • JO Bukenya​​​, PV Schaeffer, 2013. “Immigrants’ Attitudes towards Integration and Citizenship in Germany, 1970-2000.” ​International Journal of Sustainable Society 5(4): 357-373
  • GH Gebremariam, TG Gebremedhin, PV Schaeffer, RW Jackson, TT Phipps, 2012. “A Simultaneous Spatial Panel Data Model of Regional Growth Variation: An Empirical Analysis of Employment, Income, Migration and Local Public Services.” Papers in Regional Science 91(2): 275-298
  • GH Gebremariam, TG Gebremedhin, PV Schaeffer, 2011. “Employment, Income, and Migration in Appalachia: A Spatial Simultaneous Equations Approach.” Journal of Regional Science, 51(1): 102-120​​
  • PV Schaeffer, MS Kahsai, 2011. "A Theoretical Note on the Relationship between Documented and Undocumented Immigration.: International Journal of Population Research, doi:10.1155/2011/873967
  • P Schaeffer, 2010. “Refugees: On the Economics of Political Migration.” International Migration 48(1), 1-22
  • MS Kahsai, PV Schaeffer, 2010. “Deconcentration, Counter-urbanization, or Trend Reversal? The Popu­lation Distribution of Switzerland Revisited.” The Open Urban Studies Journal 3: 89-102
  • PV Schaeffer, 2010. “International Migration – A Long-term Perspective.” The Forum: Journal of Inter­national Affairs and Economics, Fall 2010: 25-27
  • ​PV Schaeffer, TG Gebremedhin, 2009. “Expected Time to Employment as a Function of Labor Market Size: A Theoretical Note.” Review of Regional Studies 39(3): 287-295 
  • PV Schaeffer, MS Kahsai, 2009. “Evaluating the H-1B Visa Program: Theoretical Issues.” China-USA Business Review 8(11): 44-54
  • P Schaeffer, 2007. “The Catholic Church and Immigration.” Social Concern Notes 4(6, June): 1-2. Catholic Churches of Monongalia County, WV
  • PV Schaeffer, 2006. “Outline of an Economic Theory of Assimilation.” Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy 36(2, December): 153-160
  • P Schaeffer, 2005. “Human Capital, Migration Strategy, and the Brain Drain.” Journal of International Trade and Economic Development 14(3): 319-335
  • Y Lee, T Cameron, PV Schaeffer, CG Schmidt, 1997. “Ethnic Minority Small Business: A Comparative Analysis of Restaurants in Denver.” Urban Geography 18(7): 591-621
  • PV Schaeffer, 1995: “The Work Effort and the Consumption of Immigrants as a Function of their Assimilation.” International Economic Review 36(3): 625-642
  • PV Schaeffer, 1992. “Deconcentration, Counter–Urbanization, or Trend Reversal? The Popula­tion Distribution of Switzerland, 1900-1980.” Socio-Economic Planning Sciences 26(2): 89-102
  • P Schaeffer, 1992. “Auswirkungen demographischer Entwicklung auf das Städtewachstum.” (“Effects of Demographic Developments on the Growth of Cities.”) Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Volkswirtschaft und Statistik/Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 128(3): 369-381
  • WR Böhning, PV Schaeffer, Th Straubhaar, 1991. Migration Pressure: What is it? What can one do about it? International Labour Office, Geneva: World Employment Programme Working Paper, MIG WP.55 [link to Schaeffer's article in International Migration 1993]
  • PV Schaeffer, 1991. “Guests Who Stay.” Geographical Analysis 23(3): 247-260
  • PV Schaeffer, 1988. “Family Migration in an Uncertain Environment.” Socio-Economic Planning Sciences 22(5): 221-227
  • PV Schaeffer, 1987. “A Family Model of Migration.” Socio-Economic Planning Sciences 21(4): 263-269
  • PV Schaeffer, 1985. “Human Capital Accumulation and Job Mobility.” Journal of Regional Science 25(1): 103-114
  • PV Schaeffer, 1984. “Barriers and Foresight in International Labor Migration.” Environment and Planning A 16(4): 451-466​
  • PV Schaeffer, 1983. “Immigration into the United States: An Important Issue for State and Local Govern­ments.” Planning and Public Policy 9(February): 1-3

Viewpoints and Commentary

  • PV Schaeffer, 2018. "The Rules of the Game. Review of Regional Studies, 48(3): 271-277.
  • PV Schaeffer, S Loveridge, 2009. “Regional Science and State Rural Policy Research.” International Regional Science Review, 32(4, October): 509-522
  • PV Schaeffer, 2009. “Imperfection as the Norm.” Presidential address, Annual Southern Regional Science Association Meeting, San Antonio, TX. Review of Regional Studies 39(1): 1-7
  • PV Schaeffer, 1987. “Viewpoint.” [Topic: The role of unions in local economic development.] Planning 53(7): 46
  • LD Hopkins, PV Schaeffer, 1987. “Cost vs. Benefits in Planning.” Letter to the Editors, Journal of the American Planning Association 53(2): 267-268 and Duane Marble's response: 268-269

Issues in Regional Science & Economic Theory

  • ​PV Schaeffer, RW Jackson, JO Bukenya, 2011, “Regional Science Reconsidered.” Review of Regional Studies 41(2/3): 161-177
  • PV Schaeffer, 2004. “PV Schaeffer on Richardson’s Regional Economics (1969).” Section 3.4.2 of BS Waldorf et al., “Path-breaking Books in Regional Science.” Papers in Regional Science 83(1): 82-84​
  • PV Schaeffer, K Willardsen, 2019. "A Note on the Tinbergen Rule."

Miscellaneous​

  • ​​PV Schaeffer, Data Sources for the Policy Sciences​. Updated January 23, 2021

Books

  • The following three books can be downloaded free of charge at this web address: https://b-ok.cc/g/Peter%20V.%20Schaeffer 
  • PV Schaeffer, editor, 2008. Commodity Modeling and Pricing: Methods for Analyzing Resource Market Behavior, John Wiley
  • RW Jackson and PV Schaeffer, editors, 2017. Regional Research Frontiers, Vol. 1: Innovations, Regional Growth and Migration. Springer Verlag
  • RW Jackson and PV Schaeffer, editors, 2017. Regional Research Frontiers, Vol. 2: Methodological Advances, Regional Systems Modeling and Open Sciences. Springer Verlag

Planning, Land Use, Quality of Life

  • MS Kahsai, TG Gebremedhin, PV Schaeffer, 2011. "A Spatial Analysis of Amenity and Regional Economic Growth in Northeast Region." Review of Urban & Regional Development Studies 23(2/3): 77-93
  • JO Bukenya, TG Gebremedhin, PV Schaeffer, 2003. "Analysis of Quality of Life and Rural Development: Evidence from West Virginia Data." Growth and Change 34(2): 202-218
  • PV Schaeffer, S Loveridge, 2002. “Toward an Understanding of Types of Public-Private Cooperation.” Public Performance and Management Review 26(2): 169-189
  • PV Schaeffer, LD Hopkins, 1987. “Behavior of Land Developers: Planning and the Economics of Informa­tion.” Environment and Planning A 19(9): 1221-1232
  • PV Schaeffer, 1987. “Economists Look at Land Use Regulation.” Planning and Public Policy 13 (March): 1-4
  • LD Hopkins, P Schaeffer, 1985. "The Logic of Planning Behavior." Planning Papers 85-3. Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.​.
  • LD Hopkins, P Schaeffer, 1983. “Rights in Land and Planning Behavior: A Comparative Study of Moun­tain Resort Development.” Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Energy and Environment

  • MS Kahsai, C Nondo, PV Schaeffer, TG Gebremedhin, 2012. “Income in the Energy–GDP Nexus: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa.” Energy Economics 34(3, May): 739-746
  • C Nondo, MS Kahsai, PV Schaeffer, 2012. “Energy Consumption and Economic Growth: Evidence from COMESA Countries.” Southwestern Economic Review 39(1, Spring): 107-120
  • C Nondo, PV Schaeffer, 2012. "Economic Growth and Environmental Regulations: A Simultaneous Equation Estimation." IUP Journal of Applied Economics 11(4): 28-49
  • R Gragg; K Sochats; W Walsh, G Woodbury; P Schaeffer, J Iwan, R Russell; A Reggiani; and, A Dobusch, 2010. Key Indicators or Community Resilience and a Framework for assessing Community Resilience. Resilient Communities Research Consortium Working Paper.
  • PV Schaeffer, 2008. “Thoughts Concerning the Economic Valuation of Landscapes.” Journal of Environ­mental Management 89(3, November): 146-154
  • JO Bukenya, TG Gebremedhin, PV Schaeffer, 2003. “Analysis of Rural Quality of Life and Health: A Spatial Approach.” Economic Development Quarterly 17(3): 280-293
  • E Lange, P Schaeffer, 2001. “A Comment on the Market Value of A Room with a View.” Landscape and Urban Planning 55(2): 113-120
  • PV Schaeffer, CA Millerick, 1991. “The Impact of Historic District Designation on Property Values: An Empirical Study.” Economic Development Quarterly 5(4): 301-312
  • PV Schaeffer, LJ Cherene, 1989. “The Inclusion of ‘Spinning Reserves’ in Investment and Simulation Models for Electricity Generation.” European Journal of Operational Research 42(2): 178-189
  • PV Schaeffer, LJ Cherene, 1979. “Integer and Mixed Integer Linear Programming Models of Investment in the Electric Power Industry.”  In R.H. Day, editor, Decisions Methodology Relative to the Adoption of New Technology: Load Curves and the Capacity Expansion Decision. Palo Alto, CA: Electric Power Research Institute, Research Project 1298-2, pp. 4.1 – 4.82

Rural and Regional Development

  • PV Schaeffer, RW Jackson and E Bowen, 2018. “Implicit Regional Economic Goals and Objectives: A Study of US Development Programs.” Regional Research Institute Working Paper 2018-06
  • ​E Bowen, ML Burton, Christiadi, DB Clarke, RJ Davis, J Deskins, R Jackson, P Járosi, B Lego, M Murray, P Schaeffer, and C Sims, 2018. An Economic Analysis of the Appalachian Coal Industry Ecosystem. [M Murray and P Schaeffer co-authored Part V: "Human Capital and the CIE."] Report for the Appalachian Regional Commission.
  • PV Schaeffer, S Weiler, S Loveridge, 2014. “Urban and Rural: Opposites no More.” Introduction to special issue of Economic Development Quarterly, 28(1): 3-4
  • J Herath, P Schaeffer, TG Gebremedhin, 2013. “Employment Change in LDs of West Virginia: A Dynamic Spatial Shift-Share Analysis,” American Journal of Rural Development, 1(1): 99-105
  • PV Schaeffer, MS Kahsai, RW Jackson, 2013. “Beyond the Urban-Rural Dichotomy. Essay in Honor of Professor A.M. Isserman.” International Regional Science Review 36(1): 81-96
  • GH Gebremariam, TG Gebremedhin, PV Schaeffer, 2012. “County-Level Determinants of Local Public Services in Appalachia: A Multivariate Spatial Autoregressive Model Approach.” Annals of Regional Science. 49(1): 175-190
  • MN Mojica-Howell, WL Wittacker, TG Gebremedhin, PV Schaeffer, 2012. “Examining the Bidirectional Relationship between Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth: Is Entrepreneurship Endogenous?” In T Burger-Helmchen, editor: Entrepreneurship. Rijeka, Croatia: INTECH: 283-316
  • GH Gebremariam, TG Gebremedhin, PV Schaeffer, RW Jackson, TT Phipps, 2011. “A Spatial Model of Regional Variations in Employment Growth in Appalachia.” Revue Région et Développement, 33: 161-184
  • S Cheng and PV Schaeffer, 2011 “Evaluation without Bias: A Methodological Perspective of Per­formance Measures for Business Incubators.” Revue Région et Développement, 33, 211-225
  • P Schaeffer, S Cheng, M Middleton, 2011. “Incubators in Rural Environments: A Preli­mi­nary Analysis.” In K Kourtit, P Nijkamp, R Stough, editors, Drivers of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Regional Dynamics, Springer Verlag, Advances in Spatial Science: 271-290​​
  • MN Mojica, TG Gebremedhin, PV Schaeffer, 2010. “Valuing Community Attributes in Rural Counties of West Virginia: A Data Envelope Analysis.” Journal of Rural and Community Development, 5(3): 133-142
  • GH Gebremariam, TG Gebremedhin, PV Schaeffer, 2010. “Analysis of County Employment and Income Growth in Appalachia: A Spatial Simultaneous-Equations Approach.” Empirical Economics 38(1):23-45
  • MN Mojica, T Gebremedhin, P Schaeffer, 2010. “A County-level Assessment of Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in Appalachia Using Simultaneous Equations.” Journal of Developmental Entre­preneurship 15(1): 3-18
  • MF Walsh, PV Schaeffer, 2008. “Exploring Gap Analysis to Evaluate Participant Satisfaction of Economic Development Planning Programs.” Community Development: Journal of the Community Development Society, 39(3): 115-129
  • HN Boone, Jr., PV Schaeffer, JL Lewis, 2003. “Consumer-driven Agriculture as a Means to Promote Rural Income and Employment Opportunities: A Case Study of West Virginia.” Applied Research in Economic Development 1(2): 19-32
  • PV Schaeffer, 2002. “Rural Development: Identifying the Link between Community, Household Assets.” Southern Perspectives 5(4): 1-4
  • PV Schaeffer, RS Mack, 1997. “An Appraisal of the Conceptual Foundations of the New International Division of Labor.” Journal of Planning Literature 12(1): 3-15
  • RS Mack, PV Schaeffer, 1993. “Nonmetropolitan Manufacturing in the United States and Product Cycle Theory: A Review of the Literature.” Journal of Planning Literature 8(2): 124-139
  • ​W Sander and PV Schaeffer, 1991/ Schooling and Urban Employment Growth. Journal of Economics and Business 43(1): 69-77

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