CBER responds to requests for information from state and local government agencies, chambers of commerce, public and private researchers, industrial organizations, news media, and private citizens. CBER handles many requests and serves clients in most of Alabama's counties.

CBER also seeks contracts with public and private agencies. Our population and forecasting models can be applied to produce forecasts for specified geographic areas. The Center can customize econometric models to analyze the economic impact of an industry or major economic event on an area. The Center can also prepare area demographic profiles.

Examples of Center projects include:

1. Alabama Entrepreneurial Research Network (AERN)
2. Regional Assessment and Recommendations for the Statewide/Regional Strategic Plan
3. Population Projections and Economic Forecasting for Gas Pipeline Planning
4. Economic Analysis of Changes in Property and Utility Taxation on Telecommunications in Alabama
5. Economic and Fiscal Impacts of a Combined Cycle Power Plant in Lee County, Alabama
6. Economic Impact of Retail Electric Competition in Alabama
7. Telecommunications in Alabama: Economic Analysis of Changes in Property and Utility Taxation
8. North Alabama Corridor Study
9. Economic Impact of Poultry Industry in Alabama
10. Economic Impact of the Construction Industry in Jefferson County
11. Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Policy Planning to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
12. Building on NAFTA: Strategies for Economic Growth
13. Poverty Projections for Alabama and Alabama Counties
14. Economic Impact of Changes in Sunday Liquor Sales in Alabama
15. Economic Impact of a Proposed Land Development
16. Economic Impact of the Alabama Coal Industry
17. A Comparison of City Budget Allocations
18. State Tobacco Settlements: Options and Risks
19. Economic Impact of an Auto Supplier Plant on Butler County, Alabama
20. Demographic Profiles