Forthcoming and Recent Releases

Regulatory Takings

"Of shoes and ships, eggs and farms; Or Penn Central thru the Looking Glass"; May 11, 2009  View

Land Use Planning

"Spring Hill Land Use Planning Needs a Vision," Nashville Eye, The Tennessean, May 9, 2001 View

"Franklin fails to see tourism dollars in battlefield site," Nashville Eye, The Tennesseean, May 10, 2002 View

Country Music Economics

“If Not Downloading, What’s the Problem with Country Music Sales?”  Presentation to Nashville Association of Talent Directors, May 11, 2004. Download PowerPoint Presentation

Water, Natural Resources and Regional Economic Impacts

ACHIEVING RELIABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY IN WATER SUPPLY PLANNING
California Water Law and Policy Reporter, October 2005
The article shows that “reliability” is a measurable criterion of water supply planning and reviews an economic model designed to identify the most cost-effective level of reliability. The article argues that “sustainability” is a multi-discipline, evolving construct but not yet a rigorous decision tool. The article suggests, however, that the California Environmental Quality Act already requires that policy makers give explicit attention to the long-term, inter-generational considerations inherent in the concept of “sustainability”. (Download PDF)

"ARAP AND ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVES: NEW PINEY RIVER 2.6 MGD INTAKE AND TREATMENT PLANT," January 6, 2006.
Proposed new Tennessee Aquatic Resource Alteration Permit requirements (ARAP) require financial and economic analysis of alternatives that conforms to EPA’s 1995 guidance document entitled Interim Economic Guidance for Water Quality Standards: Workbook (EPA 823/B-95-002) (Economic Guidance) – or submittal of equivalent information. This new guidance fills the need for standards by which to evaluate alternatives.

A 2004 application filed by a small rural water district to double its withdrawal from the Piney River in Middle Tennessee provides a very good basis to illustrate TDEC’s quandary in dealing with evaluation of alternatives without economic standards. (Download PDF)

Review and Comments about: “The Economic Impact of the Music Industry in the Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro MSA”; Belmont University/Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, January 2006.
Understanding the economic importance of the Music Industry to the Nashville Metro economy is vital not only to the business community but to Music Industry executives across the country. The importance of the need for a study of the importance of Nashville's Music Industry stands in contrast with the immediately apparent failings of the Belmont Study. Analytic approaches and results reported confound and confuse “the economic value of the music industry.” Due to its analytic failings, the policymaker audience to which the study is aimed cannot rely on either the employment impacts or business values reported. The Belmont Study of the economic impacts of the Music Industry is confused in execution, estimation and interpretation. My preliminary corrections suggest reasons why the Belmont Study’s results more likely understate than overstate the true economic and employment impact values. (Download PDF)

William W. Wade, “Regional Economic Impacts Appendix to TVA Reservoir Operations Study,” EIS, November 2003. Download PDF

William W. Wade & Brian Roach, “Economic Benefits of Municipal and Industrial Water Supply Reliability for Metropolitan Atlanta,” February16, 2003. Download PDF

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