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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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Agenda for 2025-26<\/strong><\/td>\nAgenda for 2024-25<\/strong><\/td>\nAgenda for 2023-24<\/strong><\/td>\nAgenda for 2022-23<\/strong><\/td>\nAgenda for 2021-22<\/strong><\/td>\nAgenda for 2020-21<\/strong><\/td>\nAgenda for 2019-20<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maine Community Resilience Index for 2024: Educational outreach digital storytelling application<\/a> and Interactive Dashboard<\/a>.<\/td>\nCoast-Cow-Consumer Project<\/a> (C3) in conjunction with Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences.<\/td>\nCoast-Cow-Consumer Project<\/a> (C3) in conjunction with Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences.<\/td>\nA continuation of the Coast-Cow-Consumer Project<\/a> 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<\/td>\nCoast-Cow-Consumer Project<\/a> – Funded by a $10 million grant from the USDA AFRI Sustainable Agriculture Systems Program in conjunction with Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences<\/td>\nBlue Milk supply chain analysis, part of the Accelerating Methane Suppression for Dairy Cows project with Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences<\/td>\nAccelerating Methane Suppression for Dairy Cows: Discovering Potential Methane Mitigation, Animal Health Benefits, Economic Hurdles, and Outreach Opportunities to Improve Adoption of Algae-Feed<\/em>, in collaboration with a regional group of scientists affiliated with Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nCrafting of an index of resilience in the face of economic shocks, regulatory missteps, climate disruptions, and random events for Maine’s communities.<\/td>\nC3 Project: the development of a dashboard of socio-economic vulnerability indicators for Maine’s coastal communities.<\/td>\nThe Dairy Industry and Milk Prices<\/a><\/td>\nBlue Milk supply chain analysis, part of the Accelerating Methane Suppression for Dairy Cows project with Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences<\/td>\nUpdate the Statistical Abstract<\/a> of the Greater Waterville Area<\/td>\nUpdate the Statistical Abstract<\/a> of the Greater Waterville Area<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\nC3 Project: Construction of a database and educational outreach resource<\/a> on the seaweed aquaculture permitting process in Maine and Alaska.<\/td>\nRethinking Parole in Maine<\/a><\/td>\nEconomics of Maine’s Recreational Marijuana Industry<\/a><\/td>\nMaine’s Tree Growth Properties<\/a><\/td>\nThinking About Forest Carbon in Maine<\/a> – a policy brief with accompanying outreach resources<\/a> for the Natural and Working Lands working group of the Maine Climate Council for incentives to support the forest industry through carbon sequestration programs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\nC3 Project: A database of physical characteristics of the seacoast dock infrastructure in Maine’s coast communities available for use by aquaculture farmers<\/a>.<\/td>\nA case study program evaluation of federal Medicare payment systems<\/td>\n2021 edition of the Colby Economic Outlook<\/em><\/a> featuring an Artificial Intelligence approach<\/a> to forecasting.<\/td>\n2020 edition of the Colby Economic Outlook<\/em><\/a><\/td>\n2019 edition of the Colby Economic Outlook<\/em><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\nAn assessment of the economic footprint for the China Lake Watershed<\/a>
\n(Final Report<\/a>)<\/td>\n		Strategic planning retreat for the board of directors at cARTie<\/a>, a non-profit mobile art museum co-founded by Clare Murray ’18<\/td>\nData visualizations and policy brief on how milk prices are determined in Maine and the Northeast US<\/td>\nThe Opioid Crisis in Maine, a study of Maine’s EMS experience<\/td>\nThe impact of Maine Governor Janet Mills’ executive order increasing access and availability of Naloxone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n2024 Statistical Abstract for the Greater Waterville Area (update)<\/td>\n2023 edition of the Colby Economic Outlook<\/td>\nUpdated database and econometric study of the residential housing market in Waterville<\/td>\nAn econometric study of the housing market in Waterville<\/td>\nAn analysis of the market for single-family homes in Waterville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\nEconomic Impact Analysis of an Increase in the Lobster Minimum Gauge Size on Maine\u2019s Economy.<\/a><\/td>\nA program evaluation of Maine’s EMS experience with Naloxone<\/td>\nResearch and development efforts for an index of social capital<\/td>\nThe Economic Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Maine<\/td>\nAn interactive current Yield Curve app<\/a> and case study of the Great Recession<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nA civic engagement program evaluation project for an oral health program in the local public schools offered by Waterville Pediatrics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nDevelopment of an interactive dashboard of current macroeconomic indicators for the US<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

CL4ES is sponsored by the economics department at Colby College under the direction of Professor Michael Donihue<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 2025-26 Agenda for 2024-25 Agenda for 2023-24 Agenda for 2022-23 Agenda for 2021-22 Agenda for 2020-21 Agenda for 2019-20 … <\/p>\n

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