Recent News
REDI Report May 2023: Federal Spending in Colorado: Lessons from the Budget Control Act of 2011, by Tim Komarek
REDI Report April 2023: Economic wins and losses from reintroducing wolves in Colorado, by Dana L. Hoag, Jesse Burkhardt, Benjamin Ghasemi and Robin Young
REDI Report February 2023: The Effects of Alcohol Liberalization on Liquor Stores and Rural and Urban Shopping Patterns, by Nathan Palardy and Marco Costanigro
REDI Report January 2023: Electricity Sector Emissions and Expanding Renewable Energy in Colorado, by Henry Williams
Congratulations Dawn Thilmany for being named fellow at the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association(AAEA)
When will inflation slow down? Here are 3 things to know about the state of the U.S. economy
Source article featuring Stephan Weiler
REDI Report December 2022: The Ownership of Enterprise in Colorado: Agricultural and Community-Based Cooperatives, by Daniel Mooney, Seon Hyen Kim, Martha Sullins, Dawn Thilmany
REDI Report November 2022: Maternal Health Care Deserts in Colorado, by Rachel Driscoll
REDI Report October 2022: Changes in Colorado Alcohol Distribution Law:
Preliminary evidence from scanner data on changes in household retail alcohol purchase patterns, by Siwei Gao, Alessandro Bonanno and Marco Costanigro
REDI Report September 2022: Mapping Food Access and Related Risk Factors in Forecasting Social Disorder, by Alexis R. Kennedy, Leslie W. Kennedy, & Alejandro Giménez-Santana
August 2022 REDI Report:
Understanding Commuting Flows in Larimer County and Fort Collins
by Gregory Miller
CSU Economics Professor Stephan Weiler discusses the labor market on CPR
July 2022 REDI Report:
Geographic and Racial Variations in Mortgage Loan-to-Value Ratios
by Nicholas Kacher
June 2022 REDI Report:
Evaluating Housing Affordability in Fort Collins
by Ryan DeFilippi, Kendall Stephenson, and Greg Miller
April Webinar: Analyzing and Upgrading your County’s Economy:
Greg Miller, Libby Christensen, Stephan Weiler
April 2022 REDI Report:
The Changing Face of Food Retailing: Growth in Online Platforms during COVID, by Dawn Thilmany, Hailey Edmondson, and MacKenzie Gill
Congratulations to Dawn Thilmany, who received the Bruce Gardner Visiting Economist Award from the USDA Economists Group
What inflation could look like in Colorado over the next 2 years
Xcel customers see higher utility bills this winter
CU Boulder waived student fees for graduate workers. Now Colorado State University students want the same
February 2022 REDI Report:
The State of Colorado Labor Unions: Patterns Across Time and Space, by Zachary Schaller and Sarah Thomaz
REDI Research Assistant and Economics PhD Candidate Austin Landini won the Western Regional Science Association’s 2022 Tiebout Prize, awarded to the top graduate student paper at the WRSA conference.
Congratulations, Austin!
December 2021 REDI Report:
Fishers Peak State Park: Evaluating a New Natural Amenity in Southern Colorado, by Skyler Schuck and Josh Rudd
Sewer waste management using artificial intelligence to speed up the maintenance process
December 17, 2021
Webinar: Colorado Ag Workers' Rights Rule Making: An Overview of Key Issues and Resources in the 2021 Policy Process
September 29, 2021
We’re Not New York, LA or Nashville. So What Kind of Music City is Austin? Part 1: Dayglow
September 13, 2021
Colorado State University forms labor issues group in response to new bill
October 11, 2021
October 2021 REDI Report:
Exploring Economic Empowerment and Marginalization using Data from Developing Countries
How Biden's Build Back Better plan could help with housing in Colorado
September 13, 2021
Farmers hit with most disruptive price hikes, supply shortages in decades as pandemic slowdowns catch up to Colorado
September 13, 2021
August 2021 REDI Report:
Agricultural Labor Survey for Employers
by Alexandra E. Hill and Adrian Card
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Small businesses struggle to hire even with improving unemployment rate
August 23, 2021
These are the industries where jobs still haven't returned
July 27, 2021
June 2021 REDI Report:
Colorado’s Unemployment Insurance Experience: 1980-2020
Kendall Stephenson
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April REDI Report:
Gendered Difference in Student Completion due to COVID-19
Niroj Bhattarai and Jaren Seid
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE INVESTS $595,654 IN CARES ACT RECOVERY ASSISTANCE TO LAUNCH PROGRAM TO SUPPORT REGIONAL ECONOMIES IN COLORADO
Colorado ranchers already had beef with Jared Polis. Then came “MeatOut Day."
The Colorado Sun: March 10, 2021
February REDI Report:
New Insights into the Geography of Female Entrepreneurship
Nicholas Kacher and Austin Landini
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Change in Rural Colorado Upcoming Events:
Wednesday, February 24
Economic Innovation and Resiliency in the COVID Era
Tuesday, March 23
Our Water, Lands, and Parks: Investing in and Nurturing Colorado’s Most Loved Assets
