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Social Capital and Public Goods

This article analyzes the relationship between social networks and trust (two measures of social capital) and self-reported charitable contributions of time and/or money (pro-social behavior) using data collected from two ethnically distinct, low-income neighborhoods.

Date: February 18, 2010

Creator: Leonard, Tammy; Croson, Rachel T.A. & de Oliveira, Angela

Item Type: Article

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Is Household Wealth Sustainable? An Examination of Asset Poverty Reentry after an Exit

This article analyzes the influence of financial behaviors on the duration out of asset poverty while controlling for households' life cycle and demographic characteristics.

Date: March 24, 2013

Creator: Leonard, Tammy & Di, Wenhua

Item Type: Article

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The Neighborhood Effects of Foreclosure

This article argues that changes in nearby foreclosures reveal changes in neighborhood quality.

Date: May 8, 2009

Creator: Leonard, Tammy & Murdoch, James C.

Item Type: Article

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The Impact of Housing Market Conditions on Residential Property Upkeep

This article assesses the impact of housing market conditions on the theoretically motivated and empirically observed negative relationship between loan to value ratios and home maintenance expenditures.

Date: October 22, 2012

Creator: Leonard, Tammy

Item Type: Article

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Housing Upkeep and Public Good Provision in Residential Neighborhoods

This article uses the consideration of neighborhood condition as an impure public good for a theoretical basis to understand how the level of neighborhood quality may affect residents' home maintenance decisions.

Date: unknown

Creator: Leonard, Tammy

Item Type: Article

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Neighborhood Effects on Food Consumption

This article examines the dual role of the social and physical neighborhood environment as they relate to the eating behaviors of residents of a low-income minority urban neighborhood.

Date: May 12, 2014

Creator: Leonard, Tammy; McKillop, Caitlin; Carson, Jo Ann & Shuval, Kerem

Item Type: Article

Neighborhood Price Externalities of Foreclosure Rehabilitation: An Examination of the Neighborhood Stabilization Program

This article examines the neighborhood price impacts of Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) funded foreclosure rehabilitation undertaken by Habitat for Humanity in Dallas County, Texas using a difference-in-difference framework.

Date: January 12, 2017

Creator: Leonard, Tammy; Jha, Nikhil & Zhang, Lei

Item Type: Article

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Variations in Park Facility Valuations across Neighborhoods

This article assesses the hedonic valuation of different types of park facilities.

Date: October 23, 2014

Creator: Leonard, Tammy; Zhang, Lei & Hoehner, Christine M.

Item Type: Article

Behavioral Economic Tools for Promotion of Physical Activity

This book chapter describes two key behavioral economic constructs and four key behavioral economic tools and their application to physical activity.

Date: May 10, 2017

Creator: Leonard, Tammy & Shuval, Kerem

Item Type: Book Chapter

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Utilizing Behavioral Economics to Understand Adherence to Physical Activity Guidelines among a Low-Income Urban Community

This article examines the association between monetary saving behaviors and physical activity among adults of low-income who reside in an urban community.

Date: July 2015

Creator: Shuval, Kerem; Si, Xia; Nguyen, Binh T. & Leonard, Tammy

Item Type: Article

Do Neighborhoods Matter Differently for Movers and Non-Movers?: Analysis of Weight Gain in the Longitudinal Dallas Heart Study

This article uses data from the Dallas Heart Study to evaluate the relationship between changes in neighborhood condition and weight change for both movers and non-movers over an approximate seven-year follow-up period.

Date: January 9, 2017

Creator: Leonard, Tammy; Ayers, Colby; Das, Sandeep R.; Neeland, Ian J. & Powell-Wiley, Tiffany M.

Item Type: Article

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Time and Distance Heterogeneity in the Neighborhood Spillover Effects of Foreclosed Properties

This article examines heterogeneity in the simultaneous space-time impact of foreclosures on neighborhood property values.

Date: February 24, 2015

Creator: Zhang, Lei; Leonard, Tammy & Murdoch, James C.

Item Type: Article

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Neighborhood Impact of Foreclosure: A Quantile Regression Approach

This article uses quantile regression to examine the simultaneous space-time impact of foreclosures on neighborhood property values.

Date: June 19, 2014

Creator: Zhang, Lei & Leonard, Tammy

Item Type: Article

Understanding How Low-Socioeconomic Status Households Cope With Health Shocks: An Analysis of Multi-Sector Linked Data

This article links data from a nonprofit food distribution center, electronic medical records from a safety-net healthcare system, and publicly available residential appraisals for more than 3,000 households to provide insight into how low-socioeconomic status households cope with health shocks experienced by resident adults.

Date: December 20, 2016

Creator: Leonard, Tammy; Hughes, Amy & Pruitt, Sandi L.

Item Type: Article

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Mobilizing Leadership in Cities and Regions

This article argues that governments and communities alike can encourage the development of local leadership and that the steps needed to achieve this object are already well known.

Date: December 16, 2013

Creator: Beer, Andrew & Clower, Terry L.

Item Type: Article

Physical activity counseling in primary care: Insights from public health and behavioral economics

This article evaluates pertinent literature from the fields of medicine/public health and economics/psychology to suggest a comprehensive approach to physical activity counseling at the primary care level.

Date: February 15, 2017

Creator: Shuval, Kerem; Leonard, Tammy; Drope, Jeffrey; Katz, David L.; Patel, Alpa V.; Maitin-Shepard, Melissa et al.

Item Type: Article

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Importing Change: Canadian Competition and the U.S. Floriculture Industry

This article analyzes the shifting geography of production with respect to the U.S. floriculture industry.

Date: 2008

Creator: Reid, Neil; Smith, Bruce W.; Gatrell, Jay D. & Carroll, Michael C.

Item Type: Article

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Estimating the Economic Impact of Universities: The Case of Bowling Green State University

This article describes the results of an economic impact study of Bowling Green State University, Ohio.

Date: 2006

Creator: Carroll, Michael C. & Smith, Bruce W.

Item Type: Article

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Change in Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Weight Gain: Dallas Heart Study

This article examines the longitudinal relationship between moving to more socioeconomically deprived neighborhoods and weight gain as a cardiovascular risk factor.

Date: June 17, 2015

Creator: Powell-Wiley, Tiffany M.; Cooper-McCann, Rebecca; Ayers, Colby; Berrigan, David; Lian, Min; McClurkin, Michael et al.

Item Type: Article

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Health Behavior and Behavioral Economics: Economic Preferences and Physical Activity Stages of Change in a Low-Income African American Community

This article examines the relationship between physical activity stages of change and preferences for financial risk and time.

Date: March 1, 2013

Creator: Leonard, Tammy; Shuval, Kerem; de Oliveira, Angela; Sugg Skinner, Celette; Eckel, Catherine & Murdoch, James

Item Type: Article

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Geospatial and Contextual Approaches to Energy Balance and Health

This article examines associations between geographic and contextual features of the environment and elements of human energy balance, with a particular focus on research and opportunities in the United States.

Date: March 13, 2015

Creator: Berrigan, David; Hipp, J. Aaron; Hurvitz, Philip M.; James, Peter; Jankowska, Marta M.; Kerr, Jacqueline et al.

Item Type: Article

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Systematic Neighborhood Observations at High Spatial Resolution: Methodology and Assessment of Potential Benefits

This article describes a systematic neighborhood observation instrument for collecting data at very high spatial resolution to collect data in a low-income minority neighborhood in Dallas, TX.

Date: June 3, 2011

Creator: Leonard, Tammy; O'Brien Caughy, Margaret; Mays, Judith K. & Murdoch, James

Item Type: Article

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Neighborhood-Level Socioeconomic Deprivation Predicts Weight Gain in a Multi-Ethnic Population: Longitudinal Data from the Dallas Heart Study

This article examines the relationship between neighborhood-level socioeconomic deprivation and weight change in a multi-ethnic cohort from Dallas County, Texas, and whether behavioral/psychosocial factors attenuate the relationship.

Date: May 27, 2014

Creator: Powell-Wiley, Tiffany M.; Ayers, Colby; Agyemang, Priscilla; Leonard, Tammy; Berrigan, David; Ballard Barbash, Rachel et al.

Item Type: Article

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Sedentary Behaviors and Obesity in a Low-Income, Ethnic-Minority Population

This article examines sedentary pastimes specifically in low-income, minority communities in the United States.

Date: January 2013

Creator: Shuval, Kerem; Leonard, Tammy; Murdoch, James; O'Brien Caughy, Margaret; Kohl, Harold W. & Sugg Skinner, Celette

Item Type: Article

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Social Capital and Public Goods

Is Household Wealth Sustainable? An Examination of Asset Poverty Reentry after an Exit

The Neighborhood Effects of Foreclosure

The Impact of Housing Market Conditions on Residential Property Upkeep

Housing Upkeep and Public Good Provision in Residential Neighborhoods

Neighborhood Effects on Food Consumption

Neighborhood Price Externalities of Foreclosure Rehabilitation: An Examination of the Neighborhood Stabilization Program

Variations in Park Facility Valuations across Neighborhoods

Behavioral Economic Tools for Promotion of Physical Activity

Utilizing Behavioral Economics to Understand Adherence to Physical Activity Guidelines among a Low-Income Urban Community

Do Neighborhoods Matter Differently for Movers and Non-Movers?: Analysis of Weight Gain in the Longitudinal Dallas Heart Study

Time and Distance Heterogeneity in the Neighborhood Spillover Effects of Foreclosed Properties

Neighborhood Impact of Foreclosure: A Quantile Regression Approach

Understanding How Low-Socioeconomic Status Households Cope With Health Shocks: An Analysis of Multi-Sector Linked Data

Mobilizing Leadership in Cities and Regions

Physical activity counseling in primary care: Insights from public health and behavioral economics

Importing Change: Canadian Competition and the U.S. Floriculture Industry

Estimating the Economic Impact of Universities: The Case of Bowling Green State University

Change in Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Weight Gain: Dallas Heart Study

Health Behavior and Behavioral Economics: Economic Preferences and Physical Activity Stages of Change in a Low-Income African American Community

Geospatial and Contextual Approaches to Energy Balance and Health

Systematic Neighborhood Observations at High Spatial Resolution: Methodology and Assessment of Potential Benefits

Neighborhood-Level Socioeconomic Deprivation Predicts Weight Gain in a Multi-Ethnic Population: Longitudinal Data from the Dallas Heart Study

Sedentary Behaviors and Obesity in a Low-Income, Ethnic-Minority Population