Theodore Alter, Ph.D.

Theodore Alter, Ph.D.

  • Emeritus Professor of Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics
204 Armsby
University Park, PA 16802

Areas of Expertise

  • Agricultural Economics and Policy
  • Development Economics
  • Public Sector Economics
  • Community and Regional Economics
  • Community and Rural Development
  • Comparative Rural Policy
  • Institutional and Behavioral Economics
  • Resource and Environmental Economics
  • Public Scholarship and Civic Engagement in Higher Education

Publications

New development
Public Money and Management, Reid, Michael J., Hull, Lauren A., Alter, Theodore R., Adams, Lisa B., Kleinert, Heidi M., Woolnough, Andrew P., 2019

The creative fire
Journal of Rural Studies, Balfour, Bruce, W-P Fortunato, Michael, Alter, Theodore R., 2018

Systemic governance of sustainable agriculture
Outlook on Agriculture, Williams, Jacqueline, Alter, Theodore Roberts, Shrivastava, Paul, 2018

Intentional Innovation Communities
Economic Development Quarterly, Fortunato, Michael W.P., Alter, Theodore R., Adapa, Sujana, Thomas, Philip, 2017

Evaluation of a natural resource management program
Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, Verbeek, Miriam, Martin, Paul Vincent, Fortunato, Michael, Alter, Theodore, Bridger, Jeffrey, Radhakrishna, Rama, 2016

Mapping community innovation
Community Development, Balfour, Bruce, Alter, Theodore Roberts, 2016

Culture and entrepreneurial opportunity in high- and low-entrepreneurship rural communities
Journal of Enterprising Communities, Fortunato, Michael William Patrick, Alter, Theodore Roberts, 2016

Government and the entrepreneurial ecology
Community Development, Dye, Bruce, Alter, Theodore Roberts, 2015

Community entrepreneurship development
Community Development, Fortunato, Michael W.P., Alter, Theodore Roberts, 2015

Weighing the universal service obligation
Community Development, Fortunato, Michael W.P., Alter, Theodore Roberts, Bridger, Jeffrey Cash, Schramm, Kathleen A., Montopoli, Lina A., 2013

Public sociology, public scholarship, and community development
Community Development, Bridger, Jeffrey Cash, Alter, Theodore Roberts, 2010

Connecting communities
Journal of Extension, Shuffstall, William C., Alter, Theodore Roberts, Bridger, Jeffrey Cash, Sager, Sheila S., 2007

Residential property tax capitalization
Land Economics, Krantz, D. P., Weaver, R. D., Alter, T. R., 1982