Publications

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What Matters for Improving the Success Rates of Different Cohorts of Community College Students? 
Wassmer, R. Galloway, M. | Community College Review, 2023
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Past Structural Racism and Present Home Prices
Wassmer, R. I Journal of Urban Affairs, Online, January 2023
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Evidence that a Greater Presence of Latinx Faculty or Administrators Raises the Completion Rates of Various Cohorts of Community College Students
Wassmer, R. Galloway, M. | Educational Policy, April 2022
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Do Higher Land Costs for New Single-Family Housing Inhibit Economic Activity in U.S. Metropolitan Areas?
Wassmer, R. | Economic Development Quarterly, 35(4), 2021, pp. 325-337
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The Influence of Regulation on Residential Land Prices in United States Metropolitan Areas
Wassmer, R., Williams, J. | Symposium on Reducing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing, 2021, Cityscape, 23(1), 2021, pp. 9-36
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The Effects of Property Tax Abatements on School District Property Tax Bases and Rates
Kenyon, D., Wassmer, R., Langley, A., Paquin, B. | Economic Development Quarterly, 34(3), 2020, pp. 227-241
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The Value of Proximity to a Vacation Home Rental in a Resort Community
Wassmer, R. | Journal of Planning Education and Research, 2019 (e-version)
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Does the Likely Demographics of Affordable Housing [Encourage] NIMBYism?
Wassmer, R. | Housing Policy Debate, 29(2), 2019, pp. 374-79
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The Health Insurance and Life Satisfaction Connection
Tran, N., Wassmer, R., Lascher, T. | Journal of Happiness Studies 18(2), 2016, pp. 409-426
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The Importance of Both Supply and Demand to Policymaking Designed to Alter Preschool Attendance
Wassmer, R. | California Journal of Politics and Policy 8(4), 2016
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Suggestions for the Needed Standardization of Studies on the Economic Impact of Professional Sports
Wassmer, R., Ong, R., Propheter, G. | Economic Development Quarterly 30(3), 2016, pp. 252-266
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The Impact of Learning Time on Academic Achievement
Jez, S-J., Wassmer, R | Education and Urban Society 47(3), 2015, 284-306
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Causes of Urban Sprawl in the United States: Auto Reliance as Compared to Natural Evolution, Flight from Blight, and Local Revenue Reliance
Wassmer, R. | Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 27, 2008, pp. 536-555
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Effect of Racial/Ethnic Composition on Transfer Rates in Community Colleges: Implications for Policy and Practice
Wassmer, R., Moore, C., Shulock, N. | Research in Higher Education 45, 2004, pp. 539-60
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