2026 Stephan J. Goetz: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	40	2278	2059	1302	1146	223	7942

Overview

Stephan J. Goetz is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States and conducts research primarily within the field of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance. Their scholarly contributions span several subfields, including Economics and Econometrics, Plant Science, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Sociology and Political Science, and Strategy and Management.

The scientist's work addresses a range of topics, notably:

COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
Organic Food and Agriculture
ICT Impact and Policies
Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research
Firm Innovation and Growth
Sustainable Supply Chain Management
Innovation Policy and R&D

Stephan J. Goetz has authored and coauthored numerous papers in a variety of journals. Recent publications include:

"Google Searches Reveal Changing Consumer Food Sourcing in the COVID-19 Pandemic" (2020), published in the Journal of Agriculture Food Systems and Community Development
"Female farmers in the United States: Research needs and policy questions" (2021), published in Food Policy
"Food insufficiency and Twitter emotions during a pandemic" (2022), published in Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy
"Facility locations in the fresh produce supply chain: An integration of optimization and empirical methods" (2022), published in International Journal of Production Economics
"Americans' Food Spending Patterns Explain Devastating Impact of COVID-19 Lockdowns on Agriculture" (2020), published in Journal of Agriculture Food Systems and Community Development

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Stephan J. Goetz include Claudia Schmidt, Luyi Han, Timothy R. Wojan, Steven C. Deller, and John I. Carruthers. Their body of work is often featured in publication venues such as:

Growth and Change
Journal of Agriculture Food Systems and Community Development
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy
Telecommunications Policy
Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

In addition to journal articles, Stephan J. Goetz has contributed to book publications, including "Cooperatives across Clusters" published by Oregon State University Press eBooks in 2024.

Best Publications

The production of social capital in US counties

Anil Rupasingha;Stephan J. Goetz;David Freshwater

1119
Citations
A Selectivity Model of Household Food Marketing Behavior in Sub-Saharan Africa

Stephan J. Goetz

746
Citations
Residents' Perceptions of Community and Environmental Impacts From Development of Natural Gas in the Marcellus Shale: A Comparison of Pennsylvania and New York Cases

Kathryn J. Brasier;Matthew R. Filteau;Diane K. McLaughlin;Jeffrey Jacquet

504
Citations
Social and political forces as determinants of poverty: A spatial analysis

Anil Rupasingha;Stephan J. Goetz

303
Citations
Social and institutional factors as determinants of economic growth: Evidence from the United States counties*

Anil Rupasingha;Stephan J. Goetz;David Freshwater

294
Citations
Why Farmers Quit: A County-Level Analysis

Stephan J. Goetz;Stephan J. Goetz;David L. Debertin

276
Citations
Wal‐Mart and County‐Wide Poverty*

Stephan J. Goetz;Hema Swaminathan

227
Citations
Social Capital and Economic Growth: A County-Level Analysis

Anil Rupasingha;Stephan J. Goetz;David Freshwater

207
Citations
The environmental Kuznets curve for US counties: A spatial econometric analysis with extensions

Anil Rupasingha;Stephan J. Goetz;David L. Debertin;Angelos Pagoulatos

205
Citations
State-Level Determinants of Entrepreneurship and a Preliminary Measure of Entrepreneurial Climate

Stephan J. Goetz;David Freshwater

181
Citations
Wal-Mart and Social Capital

Stephan J. Goetz;Anil Rupasingha

159
Citations
Self-employment and local economic performance: Evidence from US counties*

Anil Rupasingha;Stephan J. Goetz

157
Citations
Optimal wholesale facilities location within the fruit and vegetables supply chain with bimodal transportation options: An LP-MIP heuristic approach

Hamideh Etemadnia;Stephan J. Goetz;Patrick Canning;Mohammad Sadegh Tavallali

156
Citations
Economic growth and human capital accumulation: Simultaneity and expanded convergence tests

Stephan J Goetz;Dayuan Hu

143
Citations
The economic resilience of U.S. counties during the great recession

Yicheol Han;Stephan J. Goetz

140
Citations
Location determinants of high-growth firms

Minghao Li;Stephan J. Goetz;Mark Partridge;David A. Fleming

133
Citations
Rural Population Decline in the 1980s: Impacts of Farm Structure and Federal Farm Programs

Stephan J. Goetz;David L. Debertin

131
Citations
The environmental Kuznets curve for US counties: A spatial econometric analysis with extensions

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128
Citations
Determinants of growth in non-farm proprietor densities in the US, 1990–2000

Stephan J. Goetz;Anil Rupasingha

125
Citations
The Economic Impacts of Self-Employment

Stephan J. Goetz;David A. Fleming;Anil Rupasingha

112
Citations
The Economic Status of Rural America in the President Trump Era and beyond

Stephan J Goetz;Mark D Partridge;Heather M Stephens

105
Citations
State- and County-Level Determinants of Food Manufacturing Establishment Growth: 1987–93

Stephan J. Goetz

102
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

John C. Bergstrom University of Georgia

Mark D. Partridge The Ohio State University

Steven C. Deller University of Wisconsin–Madison

Edward L. Glaeser Harvard University

Richard C. Stedman Cornell University

Zoltan J. Acs George Mason University

Lee Fleming University of California, Berkeley

Steven Klepper Carnegie Mellon University

William C. Strange University of Toronto

Robert E. Litan Brookings Institution

External Links

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