Steven Miller specializes in applied economic methods for forecasting and impact analysis.  As a graduate, Steven maintained and programmed the Oklahoma State University Econometric Forecasting model and served as investigator on several Oklahoma Department of Human Resources studies of TANF funding, and child support studies for impact and needs assessments.  He has produced numerous impact assessments of Wichita, Kansas area businesses seeking state and local sponsored incentives, produced papers on aviation demand across competing regional airports, and papers on alternative estimation methods of systems modeling.

Professional Interests

• Building models for and producing national, state and local economic forecasts
• Impact assessment of industry and policy
• State and local incentives for economic development
• Spatial estimation models
• Bayesian vector autoregression models for forecasting
• Impact assessment of recreation destination

Selected Publications

“Using Spatial and Economic Base Information in Bayesian Vector Autoregression Forecasting of Metropolitan Employment.” With Dan S. Rickman and Russell Mckenzie, Forthcoming

“Oklahoma: If We Aren’t High-Tech, Where Are Our Competitive Advantages?” With Tim Ireland and Mark C. Snead, 2006.  Oklahoma Business Bulletin, 74 (1).