John C. Whitehead

• Professor incorporates community-based economic research, Watauga Democrat, 2013
• "Whitehead and his students have conducted benefit cost analyses for the Appalachian Institute for Renewable Energy, Appalachian's Parent to Parent Support Network, High Country Local First, Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture and Watauga County Tourism Development Authority."
• Presentation, Community-based Economic Research, Southern Economic Association, Session 14G, Team-Based and Experiential Learning in Economics, New Orleans, LA, November 2012.

6 Hours of Warrior Creek | website

• Alexander Schiller,  Economic Impact of 6 Hours of Warrior Creek, October 5, 2013

Appalachian Institute for Renewable Energy | website

• Presentation, Green Job Creation in the Emerging Economy Hickory, NC, May 25, 2010.

Beech Mountain Metric | website

• Economic Impact of the 2014 Beech Mountain Metric, September 10, 2014

Blood Sweat and Gears | website

• John Greeson and John Whitehead, Economic Impact of Blood Sweat and Gears on the High Country's Economy, June 2012
• Economic Impact of the 2012 Blood Sweat and Gears, June 7, 2014
• John C. Whitehead, Melissa S. Weddell and Pete Groothuis, Mitigating Hypothetical Bias in Stated Preference Data: Evidence from Sports Tourism, No 14-06, Working Papers from Department of Economics, Appalachian State University.
• Economic Impact of the 2014 Blood Sweat and Gears, September 10, 2014

Blue Ridge Brutal | website

• Economic Impact of the 2012 Blue Ridge Brutal, May 15, 2014
• Stephanie Hodges, Economic Impact of Blue Ridge Brutal Training Visits, October 11, 2013.
• Olivia Frank,  Economic Impact of Blue Ridge Brutal on the West Jefferson Economy, October 7, 2013.

Blue Ridge Relay | website

• Economic Impact of the 2013 Blue Ridge Relay, December 3, 2013

High Country Farm Tour | website

• Jeff Knicely, Willingness to Pay High Country Farm Tour, MBA Thesis, December 2012

High Country Beer Fest | website

• Economic Impact of the 2014 High Country Beer Fest [draft]

High Country Soccer Association | website

• HCSA Triple Crown Series Economic Impact, September 10, 2014

Mountain Home Music | website

• Elizabeth Marquardt, Mountain Home Music: Combined Revealed-Stated Preference Study with a Test of Predictive Validity, Undergraduate Thesis, April 19, 2011.

• John C. Whitehead, Douglas S. Noonan and Elizabeth Marquardt, Criterion and Predictive Validity of Revealed and Stated Preference Data: The Case of Music Concert Demand, No 12-05, Working Papers from Department of Economics, Appalachian State University, November 27, 2012.

Rocky Knob Park | website

• Kevin Atkinson , paper presented at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research, Lexington, KY,  April 2014 [paper | Download Predictive Validity of SP data - presentation]
• Economic Impact of Rocky Knob Trails, June 9, 2014.

Town of Boone Greenway Trail | website

• Jenna Cantrell,  The Impact of Additional Trail Access and Mileage on the Consumer Surplus of Greenway Trail Users in Western North Carolina, paper presented at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research, April 2012.

Valle Country Fair | website

• Sean Wille,  Economic effects of higher parking fees for the Valle Country Fair, Senior Seminar Paper, December 2013.
• John Whitehead, Economic Effects of Higher Parking Fees for the Valle Country Fair, Appalachian Research in Business Symposium, March 21, 2014.  Download ARBS 2014