Adam Scavette

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Works in Progress

• The Housing Supply Effects of Environmental Regulation: Evidence from New Jersey’s Highlands Act
  with John Borrmann, Theresa Dunne, and Paul Gottlieb
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  Resubmitted to Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
• The Local Economic Impact of Coal Mine Closures
  with David Nason and Heather Stephens
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• Which Debts Get Paid Last?
  with Natee Amornsiripanitch, Siddhartha Biswas, and David Wylie
  

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Economics Journals

• Do Research Universities Recession Proof Their Regions? Evidence from State Flagship College Towns
  with Robert Calvert Jump
  Journal of Economic Geography, 2025.
• A Better Sahm Rule? Introducing the SOS Recession Indicator
  with John O'Trakoun
  Economics Letters, 2025.
• JUE Insight: The Labor Market Effects of Place-Based Policies: Evidence from England's Neighbourhood Renewal Fund
  with Robert Calvert Jump
  Journal of Urban Economics, 2024.
• The Economic Impact of a Casino Monopoly: Evidence from Atlantic City
  Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2023.

Other Journals: Policy & Engineering

• Aerospace Place-Based Policy: The Impact of Boeing on South Carolina's Aerospace Industry
  Economic Development Quarterly, 2024.
• The Impact of New Jersey’s Urban Enterprise Zones on Local Employment: A Synthetic Control Approach
  Economic Development Quarterly, 2023.
• Exploiting a Natural Hub: Turning a Stopover into a Destination
  with Leah Goldsberry
  Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2018.

Federal Reserve Publications: Long Articles & Reports

• Occupational Exposure to Generative Artificial Intelligence in the Third Federal Reserve District
  with Danielle Jenkins and Lei Ding
  FRB Philadelphia: Community Development Report, 2025.
• Understanding SNAP’s Role
  with Carrie Cook, Stephanie Norris and Alvaro Sánchez
  FRB Richmond: Econ Focus, 2024.
• Measuring Social Capital Across the Fifth District
  with Stephanie Norris
  FRB Richmond: Econ Focus, 2023.
• Regional Spotlight: Making Ends Meet
  FRB Philadelphia: Economic Insights, 2022.
• Broadband Subscription, Computer Use, and Labor Market Attachment across U.S. Metros
  with Alvaro Sánchez
  FRB Philadelphia: Community Development Report, 2021.
• Regional Spotlight: Evaluating Metro Unemployment Rates Throughout the Business Cycle
  FRB Philadelphia: Economic Insights, 2019.
• Exploring the Economic Effects of the Opioid Epidemic
  FRB Philadelphia: Economic Insights, 2019.
• Regional Spotlight: Purchasing Power Across the U.S.
  with Elif Sen
  FRB Philadelphia: Economic Insights, 2017.

Federal Reserve Publications: Briefs & Blog Posts (By Topic)

Workforce and Economic Development

• Do Anchor Institutions Support Regional Economic Resiliency? Evidence from Penn State University
  with Robert Calvert Jump and Deborah Diamond
  FRB Philadelphia: Community Development Brief, 2025.
• How to Make It in Philadelphia: Policy Takeaways from the Survey of Economic Mobility
  FRB Philadelphia: Community Development Brief, 2025.
• Boeing South Carolina's Economic Impact: Ten Years After Opening
  FRB Richmond: Regional Matters, 2024.
• Who is Supplying the Labor for Recent Employment Growth in the Rural Fifth District?
  FRB Richmond: Regional Matters, 2024.
• The Impact of the Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse on Fifth District Firms
  with Jason Kosakow
  FRB Richmond: Regional Matters, 2024.
• Parsing the Slow Post-Pandemic Labor Market Recovery of Maryland’s Capital Suburbs
  with Keith Waters
  FRB Richmond: Regional Matters, 2023.
• The Rural Reach of ARPA’s Development Grants in the Fifth District
  with Andy Bauer
  FRB Richmond: Regional Matters, 2023.
• How the CHIPS and Science Act Will Target Economic Development in Distressed Labor Markets
  FRB Richmond: Regional Matters, 2022.
• Casinos and Regional Economies: Has the Game Changed?
  FRB Richmond: Economic Brief, 2022.
• The Role of Manufacturing in the Rural Fifth District
  FRB Richmond: Regional Matters, 2022.
• Is Urban Cool Cooling New Jersey’s Job Market?
  with Ethan Haswell
  FRB Philadelphia: Research Brief, 2016.

The Business Cycle and Inflation

• SOS! Signaling Recessions Earlier
  with John O'Trakoun
  FRB Richmond: Economic Brief, 2025.
• Are College Towns Recession Proof?
  with Robert Calvert Jump
  FRB Richmond: Regional Matters, 2024.
• Do Regional Fed Surveys Reflect National Manufacturing Conditions?
  with Jason Kosakow
  FRB Richmond: Regional Matters, 2024.
• Are Fifth District Firms Revisiting Their Prices Less Often Amid Cooling Inflation?
  with Jason Kosakow
  FRB Richmond: Regional Matters, 2024.
• Fifth District State Business Cycles
  FRB Richmond: Regional Matters, 2023.
• Firm Price-Setting Behavior Amid Elevated Price Growth: Evidence From Our Surveys
  with Jason Kosakow
  FRB Richmond: Regional Matters, 2023.
• Are We in a Recession? The ‘Anxious Index Nowcast’ Knows!
  FRB Philadelphia: Research Rap Special Report, 2014.

Housing and Demographics

• What Has Driven Recent Multifamily Rent Growth in Major Fifth District Metros?
  with Sierra Stoney
  FRB Richmond: Macro Minute, 2024.
• Understanding Immigration in the Fifth District: Where Did International Migrants Settle?
  with Surekha Carpenter
  FRB Richmond: Regional Matters, 2024.
• Urban Marylanders Are Migrating to More Affordable and Smaller Metro Areas
  with Keith Waters
  FRB Richmond: Regional Matters, 2024.
• Unlocking Housing Supply: What Can We Learn About Recent Construction and Permitting Patterns in Our Region?
  with Sierra Stoney
  FRB Richmond: Regional Matters, 2024.
• Addressing Baltimore’s Abandoned Housing
  with Peter Dolkart
  FRB Richmond: Regional Matters, 2023.

Broadband

• Digital Access Deficiencies in Rural Health Care Deserts: Identifying a Role for Telehealth
  with Alvaro Sánchez
  FRB Richmond: Regional Matters, 2024.
• The Telehealth Divide: Digital Inequity in Rural Health Care Deserts
  with Alvaro Sánchez, Pearse Haley and Sofia Tenorio Martinez
  FRB Atlanta: Partners Update, 2024.
• How to Bridge the Digital Divide? Assessing the Affordable Connectivity Program
  FRB Richmond: Regional Matters, 2022.
• The End of the Digital Divide? The Future of Broadband Post-Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)
  FRB Richmond: Regional Matters, 2022.
• Broadband Access, Computer Use, and Labor Market Attachment in Philadelphia
  with Alvaro Sánchez
  FRB Philadelphia: Community Development Brief, 2020.