Research InterestsDr. Dickes research interests include three broad research streams including;
• Regional and rural economic development policy,
• The economic and social impacts of natural resource policy and management, and
• Cost/benefit analysis and evaluation of public health innovations and treatment interventions.
Research PublicationsRefereed Journal Articles (by Research Area)
Economic Development and Entrepreneurship
Dickes, l., Crouch, E., and Walker, T. (2018) Socioeconomic Determinants of Broadband Deployment: A Southern Case Study, Journal of Depopulation and Rural Development Studies. (In Press).
Heriot, K., Dickes, L. and Jauregui, A. (2017). Boots2Business: An early view of an SBA entrepreneurship outreach program. Small Business Institute Journal, 13 (1), 1.
Dickes, L., Crouch, E., and Walker, T. (2017). Local entrepreneurial programming: Myth or reality; A southern case study. Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, 6 (2), 224-241.
Dickes, L. & Robinson K. (2014). An institutional perspective on rural entrepreneurship.
American Journal of Entrepreneurship, 7 (2), 44-57.
Lientz, K.M., Dickes, L.A. and D. Lamie (2014). Does rural matter? The creative class in South Carolina. American Journal of Entrepreneurship, 7 (2).
Dickes, L. Wyman, D., & Springs, S. (2013). The power of energy: Effects of a nuclear power station on land sale prices. The Appraisal Journal, 81 (1), 34-44.
Dickes, L. & Robinson K. (2013). Community partnerships as a tool to reduce regional labor gaps: A South Carolina regional case study. The Journal of the Community Development Society, 44 (1), 127-143. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15575330.2011.651730
Dickes, L. & Lamie, D. (2011). The small business impact of telecommunications policy restrictions in rural states. Rural Connections, September 2011, 37- 42.
Dickes, L., Lamie, D. & Whitacre, B. (2010). The struggle for broadband in rural America. Choices, 25 (4), 1-8. http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/choices.25.4.09.pdf?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
Dickes, L., & Robinson K. (2010). Enhancing cluster effects to reduce regional labor supply gaps in South Carolina. Journal of Extension, 48 (5), 1-11.
Dickes, L., & Dickes A.L. (2003). Oligopolists then and now: A study of the meatpacking industry. Journal of Economics and Economic Education Research, 4 (1), 95-110.
Sridharan, U.V., Dickes, L. & Caines, W. R. (2002). The social impact of business failure: Enron.
Mid American Journal of Business, 17 (2), 11-20. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/19355181200200006
Public Health and Economics
Bedi J, Mayo RM, Chen L, Dickes L, Sherrill WW, Jones K. Endocrine Therapy Use in the 21st Century: Temporal Trends Illustrate Opportunities for Improvement for South
Carolina Medicaid Women. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. (in press, June, 2018)
S. Bedi, J., Mayo, R., Truong, K., Chen, L., Dickes, L. Sherrill, W. W. and Jones, K. (2018). Endocrine therapy use in the twenty-first century: usage rates and temporal trends illustrate opportunities for improvement for South Carolina Medicaid women. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 10.1007/s10549-018-4866-z.
Summey, J., Chen, L., Mayo, R., Charron, E., Hudson, J., Sherrill, W.W., and Dickes, L. (2018) Early Treatment Innovation for Opioid-Dependent Newborns: A Retrospective Comparison of Outcomes, Utilization, Quality, and Safety, 2006–2014, The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcjq.2017.12.004\
Hudson, J., Mayo, R. Dickes, L., Chen, Liwei. Sherrill, Windsor Westbrook, Summey, Julie, Dalton, Bradley, & Dankovich, Kindal. (2017). Early treatment for neonatal abstinence syndrome: A palliative approach. American Journal of Perinatology, 34 (6), 576-584. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0036-1596054.
Dickes, L., Summey, Julie, Mayo, R Hudson, J., Sherrill, Windsor Westbrook, & Chen, Liwei. (2017). Potential for Medicaid savings: A state and national comparison of an innovative neonatal abstinence syndrome treatment model. Population Health Management, 20 (6), 458-464. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1089/pop.2016.0158.
Crouch, E. and Dickes, L. (2017). Evaluating a nutrition education program in an era of food insecurity. Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition, 12 (1), 101-111. DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2016.1227748.
Ishii, J., Davis, A., Crouch. E., and Dickes, L. (2017). The effects of watching “The Dr. Oz Show” on achieving weight loss goals. The Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association, 113 (2), 54-57.
Crouch, E., Dickes, L., Davis, A., and Ishii, J. (2016). The effects of Dr. Oz on health behaviors and attitudes. American Journal of Health Education, 47 (6), 373-378. DOI: 10.1080/19325037.2016.1219283.
Van Puymbroeck, M. Miller, K.K., Dickes, L.A. & Schmid, A. (2015). Perceptions of yoga therapy embedded in two inpatient rehabilitation hospitals: Agency perspectives. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2015, Article ID 125969, 7 pages. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/125969
Crouch, E., Dickes, L. A., Kahle, A. (2015). Review on antibiotic resistance. Advances Pharmacoepidemiology & Drug Safety, 4, 183. DOI: 10.4172/2167-1052.1000183.
Crouch, E. & Dickes, L.A.. (2015). A prediction model of childhood immunization rates. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, 13 (2), 243-251.
Natural Resource and Water Policy
Walker, T., Dickes, L., and Allen, J. (2018) South Carolina Groundwater
Availability Assessment, Stakeholder Outreach and Engagement Results. Journal of South Carolina Water Resources. In Press.
Dickes, L., Allen, J., Jalowiecka, M., and Buckley, K. (2016). A policy lens of South Carolina
coastal stormwater management. Journal of the South Carolina Water Resources Center, 3 (1), 31-41.
Carey, R., Dickes, L., and Crouch, E. (2016). The economic impact of changing water levels: A regional economic analysis of Lake Thurmond. The Journal of Public Management and Social Policy, 23 (2), Article 4.
Dickes, L.A. and Crouch, E. (2015). The impact of changing lake levels on property values. The Review of Regional Studies, 45 (3), 221-235.
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