Wrestling with Markets in Economic and Community Development
Economic Development Quarterly
2026

The third in a series of four articles derived from my economic development seminar at The Ohio State University is intended for students and entering development professionals. Wrestling with Markets builds on Hill (2023) and Hill, Poland, and Reitz (2025), also in Economic Development Quarterly. A  flow-chart model linking the Five Developments (Community, Site, Workforce, Housing, and Economic) to Gross Regional Product and the desired outcomes from development (jobs, income, taxes, and economic mobility) is presented.

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The Value of Economic and Community Development Anchors
Economic Development Quarterly
2026

Ned Hill expands and clarifies the concept of development anchor by presenting the collection of anchors as a practical toolkit that planners and economic developers can use.

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The 2023 Roundtable Wrap-Up. What Are the Important Take-Aways?
The Pew Charitable Trusts
2023

In this summary Jim Landers shares the highlights from the ninth annual Roundtable on Evaluating Economic Development Tax Incentives event, held in 2023. In addition to data source and evaluation techniques, Landers features presentations on second-time evaluation strategies.

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In With the New: Reflections on and Key Takeaways From the 2024 Roundtable
The Pew Charitable Trusts
2024

In this summary Jim Landers shares highlights from the 2024 NCSL Roundtable on Evaluating Economic Development Tax Incentives. In addition to highlighting sessions on artificial intelligence in evaluation and thinking beyond economic indicators, Landers features a discussion on the synthetic control method.


 

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Forecasting the Fiscal Impacts of Tax Incentive Programs: Unraveling the Revenue Puzzle
The Pew Charitable Trusts
2024

In this column Jim Landers discusses the complexities and challenges of estimating the fiscal impacts of tax incentive programs.

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Evaluating Discretionary and Nondiscretionary Incentives
The Pew Charitable Trusts
2024

In this column Jim Landers examines the differences between discretionary and nondiscretionary incentives and the implications of these differences for evaluators.

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Thinking Outside the Credit Box: Strategies to Advance Equity in the Housing Finance System
Housing Policy Debate
2025

In this article, Dr. Stephanie Moulton and a team of housing policy experts draw from recent research to propose changes to the housing finance system that would improve access to mortgages while enabling homeownership stability for low wealth households in the U.S.

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Labor Outcomes of Mortgage Payment Subsidies for Unemployed Homeowners
Journal of Housing Economics
2025

Stephanie Moulton's paper provides novel evidence that stabilizing housing during an unemployment shock leads to better employment outcomes over the long term.

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