The Colby Laboratory for Economic Studies (CL4ES) is a collaborative research workshop engaging students and professors with stakeholders and policy makers to provide objective analysis, information, and educational outreach on current issues and events.
| Agenda for 2023-24 | Agenda for 2022-23 | Agenda for 2021-22 | Agenda for 2020-21 | Agenda for 2019-20 |
| Coast-Cow-Consumer Project (C3) in conjunction with Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences. | A continuation of the Coast-Cow-Consumer Project in conjunction with Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences. This year’s focus for the lab will be on seaweed aquaculture and the coastal communities it might impact | Coast-Cow-Consumer Project – Funded by a $10 million grant from the USDA AFRI Sustainable Agriculture Systems Program in conjunction with Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences | Blue Milk supply chain analysis, part of the Accelerating Methane Suppression for Dairy Cows project with Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences | Accelerating Methane Suppression for Dairy Cows: Discovering Potential Methane Mitigation, Animal Health Benefits, Economic Hurdles, and Outreach Opportunities to Improve Adoption of Algae-Feed, in collaboration with a regional group of scientists affiliated with Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences |
| C3 Project: the development of a dashboard of socio-economic vulnerability indicators for Maine’s coastal communities. | The Dairy Industry and Milk Prices | Blue Milk supply chain analysis, part of the Accelerating Methane Suppression for Dairy Cows project with Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences | Update the Statistical Abstract of the Greater Waterville Area | Update the Statistical Abstract of the Greater Waterville Area |
| C3 Project: Construction of a database and educational outreach resource on the seaweed aquaculture permitting process in Maine and Alaska. | Rethinking Parole in Maine | Economics of Maine’s Recreational Marijuana Industry | Maine’s Tree Growth Properties | Thinking About Forest Carbon in Maine – a policy brief with accompanying outreach resources for the Natural and Working Lands working group of the Maine Climate Council for incentives to support the forest industry through carbon sequestration programs |
| C3 Project: A database of physical characteristics of the seacoast dock infrastructure in Maine’s coast communities available for use by aquaculture farmers. | A case study program evaluation of federal Medicare payment systems | 2021 edition of the Colby Economic Outlook featuring an Artificial Intelligence approach to forecasting. | 2020 edition of the Colby Economic Outlook | 2019 edition of the Colby Economic Outlook |
| An assessment of the economic footprint for the China Lake Watershed (Final Report) |
Strategic planning retreat for the board of directors at cARTie, a non-profit mobile art museum co-founded by Clare Murray ’18 | Data visualizations and policy brief on how milk prices are determined in Maine and the Northeast US | The Opioid Crisis in Maine, a study of Maine’s EMS experience | The impact of Maine Governor Janet Mills’ executive order increasing access and availability of Naloxone |
| 2024 Statistical Abstract for the Greater Waterville Area (update) | 2023 edition of the Colby Economic Outlook | Updated database and econometric study of the residential housing market in Waterville | An econometric study of the housing market in Waterville | An analysis of the market for single-family homes in Waterville |
| Economic Impact Analysis of an Increase in the Lobster Minimum Gauge Size on Maine’s Economy. | A program evaluation of Maine’s EMS experience with Naloxone | Research and development efforts for an index of social capital | The Economic Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Maine | An interactive current Yield Curve app and case study of the Great Recession |
| A civic engagement program evaluation project for an oral health program in the local public schools offered by Waterville Pediatrics | ||||
| Development of an interactive dashboard of current macroeconomic indicators for the US |
CL4ES is sponsored by the economics department at Colby College under the direction of Professor Michael Donihue.