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ESD.193

Regional Socioeconomic Impact Analyses and Modeling

Graduate · Historical course

Fall 2008

Topics

  • Introduction and overview of a theoretical basis for regional economic analyses ( PDF )
  • Background on regional modeling and modeling assumptions/economic base studies
  • Background on input-output equations and data preparation for the REMI model
  • Regional economic analyses and forecasting
  • Regional econometric modeling, part II
  • Model comparisons
  • Massachusetts economy, case study
  • Green buildings
  • Formulating and applying dynamic economic models
  • Use of regional models in policy analyses
  • Seminar for client: socioeconomic impact evaluation

Readings

  • Miller, Ronald E. “Regional and Interregional Input-Output Analysis.” In Methods of Interregional and Regional Analysis . Aldershot, England: Ashgate, 1998, pp. 41-124.
    Listed reading
  • Mills, Edwin S. “What Makes Metropolitan Areas Grow?” In Urban Change in the United States and Western Europe . Edited by Anita Summers, Paul C. Cheshire, and Lanfranco Senn. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute Press, 1993, pp. 193-216. ISBN: 9780877665922.
    Listed reading
  • Dawkins, Casey J. “Regional Development Theory: Conceptual Foundations, Classic Works, and Recent Developments.” Journal of Planning Literature 18, no. 2 (2003): 131-172.
    Listed reading
  • Miller, Ronald E. and Peter D. Blair. “Input-Output Models at the Regional Level.” In Input-Output Analysis: Foundations and Extensions . Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1984, pp. 45-99. ISBN: 9780134667157. (Appendices are optional)
    Listed reading
  • Oosterhaven, Jan, and J. Paul Elhorst. “Methods of Interregional and Regional Analysis (Book Review).” Economic Systems Research 14, no. 2 (2002): 205-207.
    Listed reading
  • Fingleton, Bernard, Danilo Camargo Igliori, and Barry Moore. “Employment Growth of Small High-technology Firms and the Role of Horizontal Clustering: Evidence from Computing Services and R&D in Great Britain, 1991-2000.” Urban Studies 41, no. 4 (2004): 773-799.
    Listed reading
  • Smirnov, Oleg, and Alena Smirnova. “An Assessment of the Economic Base of Distressed and Near-Distressed Counties in Appalachia: Report to the Appalachian Regional Commission ( PDF - 1.3MB ).” Bruton Center for Development Studies, The University of Texas at Dallas, 2000. ↗
    Listed reading
  • Andersson, Ake, and David F. Batten. “Creative Nodes, Logistical Networks, and the Future of the Metropolis.” Transportation 14, no. 4 (1987): 281-293.
    Listed reading
  • Miller, Ronald E. “Regional and Interregional Input-Output Analysis.” In Methods of Interregional and Regional Analysis . Aldershot, England: Ashgate, 1998, pp. 149-199. (Appendices are optional)
    Listed reading
  • Scott, Allen J. “A Perspective of Economic Geography.” Journal of Economic Geography 4, no. 5 (2004): 479-499.
    Listed reading
  • Midmore, Peter, Max Munday, and Annette Roberts. “Assessing Industry Linkages Using Regional Input–Output Tables.” Regional Studies 40, no. 3 (2006): 329-343.
    Listed reading
  • Howells, Jeremy R. L. “Tacit Knowledge, Innovation and Economic Geography.” Urban Studies 39, nos. 5-6 (2002): 871-884.
    Listed reading
  • Buy at MIT Press Krugman, Paul. Development, Geography, and Economic Theory . Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1995. ISBN: 9780262112031. Read “Geography Lost and Found,” pp. 31-65 and “Appendix,” pp. 89-108. ↗
    Listed reading
  • Buy at MIT Press ———. “Center and Periphery.” Chapter 1 in Geography and Trade . Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1992. ISBN: 9780262610865. ↗
    Listed reading
  • Henderson, J. Vernon, Zmarak Shalizi, and Anthony J. Venables. “Geography and Development.” Journal of Economic Geography 1 (2001): 81-106.
    Listed reading
  • Treyz, Frederick, and George Treyz. “The Evaluation of Programs Aimed at Local and Regional Development: Methodology and Twenty Years’ Experience Using Policy Insight.” In Evaluating Local Economic and Employment Development: How to Assess What Works Among Programmes and Policies . Paris, France: OECD Publishing, 2004. ISBN: 9789264017085. ↗
    Listed reading
  • Lahr, Michael L., and Benjamin H. Stevens. “A Study of the Role of Regionalization in the Generation of Aggregation Error in Regional Input-output Models.” Journal of Regional Science 42, no. 3 (2002): 477-507.
    Listed reading
  • Polenske, Karen R. “Leontief’s Spatial Economic Analyses.” Structural Change and Economic Dynamics 6, no. 3 (1995): 309-318.
    Listed reading
  • Treyz, George I. Regional Economic Modeling: A Systematic Approach to Economic Forecasting and Policy Analysis . New York, NY: Springer, 1993. ISBN: 9780792393825. Read chapters 6 and 7, pp. 263-290 and 291-330.
    Listed reading
  • Miller, Ronald E. and Peter D. Blair. “Multipliers in the Input-Output Model.” In Input-Output Analysis: Foundations and Extensions . Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1984, pp. 100-148. ISBN: 9780134667157. (Appendices are optional)
    Listed reading
  • Polenske, Karen R., and Petros Sivitanides. “Linkages in the Construction Sector.” The Annals of Regional Science 24, no. 2 (1990): 147-161.
    Listed reading
  • Stevens, Benjamin H., George I. Treyz, and Michael L. Lahr. “On the Comparative Accuracy of RPC Estimating Techniques.” In Frontiers of Input-Output Analysis . Edited by Ronald E. Miller, Karen R. Polenske, and Adam Z. Rose. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1989, pp. 245-257. ISBN: 9780195057584.
    Listed reading
  • Dietzenbacher, Erik. “Interregional Multipliers: Looking Backward, Looking Forward.” Regional Studies 36, no. 2 (2002): 125-136.
    Listed reading
  • Stevens, Benjamin, and Michael Lahr. “Regional Economic Multipliers: Definition, Measurement, and Application.” Economic Development Quarterly 2, no. 1 (1988): 88-96.
    Listed reading
  • Weisbrod, Glen E., and James Beckwith. “Measuring Economic Development Benefits for Highway Decision-making: The Wisconsin Case.” Transportation Quarterly 46, no. 1 (1992): 57-79. ( PDF ) ↗
    Listed reading
  • Weisbrod, Glen. “Evolution of Methods for Assessing Economic Development Impacts of Proposed Transportation Projects.” Paper presented at the 3rd International Conference on Transportation and Economic Development, PLACE, March 2006. ( PDF ) ↗
    Listed reading
  • Isserman, Andrew, and Terance Rephann. “The Economic Effects of the Appalachian Regional Commission: An Empirical Assessment of 26 Years of Regional Development Planning.” Journal of the American Planning Association 61, no. 3 (1995): 345-364.
    Listed reading
  • Wilbur Smith Associates. “Appalachian Development Highways Economic Impact Studies.” Report prepared for Appalachian Regional Commission, 1998. Executive summary.
    Listed reading
  • Polenske, Karen R. “Current Uses of the RAS Technique: A Critical Review.” In Price, Growth, and Cycles . Edited by Andras Brody, Andras Simonovits and Albert Steenge. London, England: Palgrave Macmillan, 1997, pp. 58-88. ISBN: 9780333641651.
    Listed reading
  • Weisbrod, Glen, and Burton Weisbrod. “Measuring Economic Impacts of Projects and Programs.” Economic Development Research Group, Boston, MA, 1997. ( PDF ) ↗
    Listed reading
  • Jensen, R. C., and G. R. West. “The Effect of Relative Coefficient Size on Input-Output Multipliers.” Environment and Planning A 12, no. 8 (1980): 927-936.
    Listed reading
  • Treyz, George I. Regional Economic Modeling: A Systematic Approach to Economic Forecasting and Policy Analysis . New York, NY: Springer, 1993. ISBN: 9780792393825. Read chapter 2, pp. 7-71.
    Listed reading
  • Porter, Michael E. “Clusters and Competition: New Agendas for Companies, Governments, and Institutions.” Working Paper 98-080. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business School, March 25, 1998.
    Listed reading
  • Oosterhaven, Jan, and Karen R. Polenske. “Modern Regional Input-Output and Impact Analyses.” Chapter 21 in Handbook of Regional Growth and Development Theories . Edited by Roberta Capello and Peter Nijkamp. London, England: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2009. ISBN: 9781847205063.
    Listed reading
  • Rupasingha, Anil, S. J. Goetz, D. L. Debertin, and A. Pagoulatos. “The Environmental Kuznets Curve for US Countries: A Spatial Econometric Analysis with Extentions.” Papers in Regional Science 83, no. 2 (2004): 407-424.
    Listed reading
  • Mohnen, Pierre. “Productivity Trends and Employment Across Industries in Canada.” In Structural Economics . Edited by Thijs Ten Raa. London, UK: Routledge, 2004, pp. 265-276. ISBN: 9780415331746.
    Listed reading
  • Wallsten, Scott J. “An Empirical Test of Geographic Knowledge Spillovers Using Geographic Information Systems and Firm-level Data.” Regional Science and Urban Economics 31, no. 5 (2001): 571-599.
    Listed reading
  • Anselin, Luc, Ibnu Syabri, and Youngihn Kho. “GeoDa: An Introduction to Spatial Data Analysis.” Working paper, Spatial Analysis Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2004. ( PDF ) ↗
    Listed reading
  • Carbonara, Nunzia, Ilaria Giannoccaro, and Pierpaolo Pontrandolfo. “Supply Chains Within Industrial Districts: A Theoretical Framework.” International Journal of Production Economics 76, no. 2 (2002): 159-176.
    Listed reading
  • Sivitanidou, Rena, and Karen R. Polenske. “Assessing Regional Economic Impacts with Microcomputers.” In A Planner’s Review of PC Software and Technology . Edited by Richard E. Klosterman. Chicago, IL: American Planning Association, 1988, pp. 83-90. ISBN: 9789992627662.
    Listed reading
  • Pereira, Alvaro E. “Economic Development of the Boston Harbor: Informing the Process.” The Boston Conference Harbor Town Meeting, May 11, 1998.
    Listed reading
  • Porter, Michael E. “Competitive Advantage, Agglomeration Economies, and Regional Policy.” International Regional Science Review 19, nos. 1-2 (1996): 85-94. Read comments by Ann Markusen and Porter’s response.
    Listed reading
  • Treyz, George I. Regional Economic Modeling: A Systematic Approach to Economic Forecasting and Policy Analysis . New York, NY: Springer, 1993. ISBN: 9780792393825. Read chapters 6, 7, and 8, pp. 263-288, 291-327, and 331-401.
    Listed reading
  • Bourque, Philip J. “Regional Multipliers: WAIO vs. RIMS.” International Regional Science Review 13, nos. 1-2 (1990): 87-98.
    Listed reading
  • Connaughton, John E., and Ronald Madsen. “Assessment of Economic Impact Studies: The Cases of BMW and Mercedes-Benz.” The Review of Regional Studies 31, no. 3 (2001): 293-304.
    Listed reading
  • Jackson, Randall W., and Jonathan C. Comer. “An Alternative to Aggregated Base Tables in Input-Output Table Regionalization.” Growth and Change 24 (1993): 191-205.
    Listed reading
  • Rickman, D. S., and R. K. Schwer. “A Comparison of the Multipliers of IMPLAN, REMI, and RIMS II: Benchmarking Ready-Made Models for Comparison.” The Annals of Regional Science 29, no. 4 (1995): 363-374.
    Listed reading
  • Glaeser, Edward L. “Reinventing Boston: 1630-2003.” Journal of Economic Geography 5, no. 2 (2005): 119-153.
    Listed reading
  • Harrison, Bennett, and Jean Kluver. “Deindustrialization and Regional Restructuring in Massachusetts.” In Deindustrialization and Regional Economic Transformation: The Experience of the United States . Edited by Lloyd Rodwin and Hidehiko Sasanami. Boston, MA: Unwin Hyman, 1989, pp. 104-131. ISBN: 9780044455387.
    Listed reading
  • Porter, Michael E., Rebecca E. Wayland, and C. Jeffrey Grogan. “Toward A Shared Economic Vision for Massachusetts.” November 5, 1992. [In collaboration with Challenge to Leadership]
    Listed reading
  • Horan, Cynthia, and Andrew E. G. Jonas. “Governing Massachusetts: Uneven Development and Politics in Metropolitan Boston.” Economic Geography 74, extra issue (1998): 83-95.
    Listed reading
  • Fogg, Neeta, Paul Harrington, and Thomas Kochan. “ The State of Working Families in Massachusetts .” MIT Sloan Working Paper 4473-04, January 2004. Work-Family Council Initiative Working Paper No. 0001. ↗
    Listed reading
  • Kats, Greg, et al. “The Costs and Financial Benefits of Green Buildings: A Report to California’s Sustainable Building Task Force.” Washington, DC: Capital E, 2003. ( PDF - 3.1MB ) ↗
    Listed reading
  • Wier, Mette. “Sources of Changes in Emissions from Energy: a Structural Decomposition Analysis.” Economic Systems Research 10, no. 2 (1998): 99-112.
    Listed reading
  • “ Governor Patrick Signs Bill Promoting Advanced Biofuels .” Press release, July 28, 2008. ↗
    Listed reading
  • Munksgaard, Jesper, Mette Wier, Manfred Lenzen, and Christopher Dey. “Input-Output Analysis to Measure the Environmental Pressure of Consumption at Different Spatial Levels.” Journal of Industrial Ecology 9, nos. 1-2 (2005): 169-185.
    Listed reading
  • Forsell, O., and Karen R. Polenske. “Introduction: Input-Output and the Environment.” Economic Systems Research 10, no. 2 (1998): 91-97.
    Listed reading
  • Roca, Jordi, and Monica Serrano. “Income Growth and Atmospheric Pollution in Spain: An Input Output Approach.” Ecological Economics 63, no. 1 (2007): 230-242.
    Listed reading
  • Pereira, Alvaro E., and Karen R. Polenske. “Transportation Policy Implications of the 1990 Clean Air Act.” In Research in Urban Economics: New Urban Strategies in Advanced Regional Economics . Edited by R. D. Norton. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, Inc., 1996, pp. 111-138. ISBN: 9781559388566.
    Listed reading
  • Treyz, George I. Regional Economic Modeling: A Systematic Approach to Economic Forecasting and Policy Analysis . New York, NY: Springer, 1993. ISBN: 9780792393825. Read chapters 10-11, pp. 431-450 and 453-456.
    Listed reading
  • Isard, Walter, and Christine Smith. “Policy Analysis Using an Integrated Multiregional Model.” In Practical Methods of Regional Science and Empirical Applications: Selected Papers of Walter Isard . London, England: Palgrave Macmillan, 1990. ISBN: 9780333513781.
    Listed reading
  • Funck, Rolf H. “Reflections on Regional Development Policy and the Concept of Region.” In New Frontiers in Regional Science: Essays in Honor of Walter Isard . Vol. 1. Edited by Manas Chatterji and Robert E. Kuenne. Washington Square, NY: New York University Press, 1990. ISBN: 9780814714379.
    Listed reading
  • Harrison, Bennett, Amy Glasmeier, and Karen R. Polenske. “National, Regional, and Local Economic Development: New Thinking About Old Ideas.” Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, December 5, 1995. (This document will be on reserve at Rotch.)
    Listed reading
Fall 2007

Topics

  • Introduction and overview of a theoretical basis for regional economic analyses
  • Background on regional input-output modeling and modeling assumptions
  • Background on equations and data preparation for the REMI model
  • Regional economic analyses and forecasting
  • Regional econometric modeling, part II
  • Model comparisons
  • Massachusetts economy, case study
  • Formulating and applying dynamic economic models
  • Use of regional models in policy analyses
  • Use of regional models in policy analyses (cont.)
  • Organization and preparation of seminar for client
  • Seminar for client: socioeconomic impact evaluation

Readings

  • Miller, Ronald E. “Regional and Interregional Input-Output Analysis.” In Methods of Interregional and Regional Analysis . Aldershot, England: Ashgate, 1998, pp. 41-124.
    Listed reading
  • Mills, Edwin S. “What Makes Metropolitan Areas Grow?” In Urban Change in the United States and Western Europe . Edited by Anita Summers, Paul C. Cheshire, and Lanfranco Senn. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute Press, 1993, pp. 193-216. ISBN: 9780877665922.
    Listed reading
  • Dawkins, Casey J. “Regional Development Theory: Conceptual Foundations, Classic Works, and Recent Developments.” Journal of Planning Literature 18, no. 2 (2003): 131-172.
    Listed reading
  • Miller, Ronald E. and Peter D. Blair. “Input-Output Models at the Regional Level.” In Input-Output Analysis: Foundations and Extensions . Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1984, pp. 45-99. ISBN: 9780134667157. (Appendices are optional)
    Listed reading
  • Oosterhaven, Jan, and J. Paul Elhorst. “Methods of Interregional and Regional Analysis (Book Review).” Economic Systems Research 14, no. 2 (2002): 205-207.
    Listed reading
  • Fingleton, Bernard, Danilo Camargo Igliori, and Barry Moore. “Employment Growth of Small High-technology Firms and the Role of Horizontal Clustering: Evidence from Computing Services and R&D in Great Britain, 1991-2000.” Urban Studies 41, no. 4 (2004): 773-799.
    Listed reading
  • Smirnov, Oleg, and Alena Smirnova. “An Assessment of the Economic Base of Distressed and Near-Distressed Counties in Appalachia: Report to the Appalachian Regional Commission ( PDF - 1.3MB ) .” Bruton Center for Development Studies, The University of Texas at Dallas, 2000. ↗
    Listed reading
  • Andersson, Ake, and David F. Batten. “Creative Nodes, Logistical Networks, and the Future of the Metropolis.” Transportation 14, no. 4 (1987): 281-293.
    Listed reading
  • Miller, Ronald E. “Regional and Interregional Input-Output Analysis.” In Methods of Interregional and Regional Analysis . Aldershot, England: Ashgate, 1998, pp. 149-199. (Appendices are optional)
    Listed reading
  • Buy at MIT Press Krugman, Paul. Development, Geography, and Economic Theory . Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1995. ISBN: 9780262112031. Read “Geography Lost and Found,” pp. 31-65 and “Appendix,” pp. 89-108. ↗
    Listed reading
  • Buy at MIT Press Krugman, Paul. “Center and Periphery.” Chapter 1 in Geography and Trade . Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1992. ISBN:9780262610865. ↗
    Listed reading
  • Henderson, J. Vernon, Zmarak Shalizi, and Anthony J. Venables. “Geography and Development.” Journal of Economic Geography 1 (2001): 81-106.
    Listed reading
  • Treyz, Frederick, and George Treyz. “The Evaluation of Programs Aimed at Local and Regional Development: Methodology and Twenty Years’ Experience Using Policy Insight.” In Evaluating Local Economic and Employment Development: How to Assess What Works Among Programmes and Policies . Paris, France: OECD Publishing, 2004. ISBN: 9789264017085. ↗
    Listed reading
  • Lahr, Michael L., and Benjamin H. Stevens. “A Study of the Role of Regionalization in the Generation of Aggregation Error in Regional Input-output Models.” Journal of Regional Science 42, no. 3 (2002): 477-507.
    Listed reading
  • Polenske, Karen R. “Leontief’s Spatial Economic Analyses.” Structural Change and Economic Dynamics 6, no. 3 (1995): 309-318.
    Listed reading
  • Treyz, George I. Regional Economic Modeling: A Systematic Approach to Economic Forecasting and Policy Analysis . New York, NY: Springer, 1993. ISBN: 9780792393825. Read Chapters 6 and 7, pp. 263-290 and 291-330.
    Listed reading
  • Miller, Ronald E. and Peter D. Blair. “Multipliers in the Input-Output Model.” In Input-Output Analysis: Foundations and Extensions . Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1984, pp. 100-148. ISBN: 9780134667157. (Appendices are optional)
    Listed reading
  • Polenske, Karen R., and Petros Sivitanides. “Linkages in the Construction Sector.” The Annals of Regional Science 24, no. 2 (1990): 147-161.
    Listed reading
  • Stevens, Benjamin H., George I. Treyz, and Michael L. Lahr. “On the Comparative Accuracy of RPC Estimating Techniques.” In Frontiers of Input-Output Analysis . Edited by Ronald E. Miller, Karen R. Polenske, and Adam Z. Rose. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1989, pp. 245-257. ISBN: 9780195057584.
    Listed reading
  • Dietzenbacher, Erik. “Interregional Multipliers: Looking Backward, Looking Forward.” Regional Studies 36, no. 2 (2002): 125-136.
    Listed reading
  • Stevens, Benjamin, and Michael Lahr. “Regional Economic Multipliers: Definition, Measurement, and Application.” Economic Development Quarterly 2, no. 1 (1988): 88-96.
    Listed reading
  • Weisbrod, Glen E., and James Beckwith. “Measuring Economic Development Benefits for Highway Decision-making: The Wisconsin Case.” Transportation Quarterly 46, no. 1 (1992): 57-79. ( PDF ) ↗
    Listed reading
  • Weisbrod, Glen. “Evolution of Methods for Assessing Economic Development Impacts of Proposed Transportation Projects.” Paper presented at the 3rd International Conference on Transportation and Economic Development, PLACE, March 2006. ( PDF ) ↗
    Listed reading
  • Isserman, Andrew, and Terance Rephann. “The Economic Effects of the Appalachian Regional Commission: An Empirical Assessment of 26 Years of Regional Development Planning.” Journal of the American Planning Association 61, no. 3 (1995): 345-364.
    Listed reading
  • Wilbur Smith Associates. “Appalachian Development Highways Economic Impact Studies.” Report prepared for Appalachian Regional Commission, 1998. Executive summary.
    Listed reading
  • Polenske, Karen R. “Current Uses of the RAS Technique: A Critical Review.” In Price, Growth, and Cycles . Edited by Andras Brody, Andras Simonovits and Albert Steenge. London, England: Palgrave Macmillan, 1997, pp. 58-88. ISBN: 9780333641651.
    Listed reading
  • Weisbrod, Glen, and Burton Weisbrod. “Measuring Economic Impacts of Projects and Programs.” Economic Development Research Group, Boston, MA, 1997. ( PDF ) ↗
    Listed reading
  • Jensen, R. C., and G. R. West. “The Effect of Relative Coefficient Size on Input-Output Multipliers.” Environment and Planning A 12, no. 8 (1980): 927-936.
    Listed reading
  • Treyz, George I. Regional Economic Modeling: A Systematic Approach to Economic Forecasting and Policy Analysis . New York, NY: Springer, 1993. ISBN: 9780792393825. Read Chapter 2, pp. 7-71.
    Listed reading
  • Porter, Michael E. “Clusters and Competition: New Agendas for Companies, Governments, and Institutions.” Working Paper 98-080. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business School, March 25, 1998.
    Listed reading
  • Oosterhaven, Jan, and Karen R. Polenske. “Modern Regional Input-Output and Impact Analyses.” Chapter 21 in Handbook of Regional Growth and Development Theories . Edited by Roberta Capello and Peter Nijkamp. London, England: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2009. ISBN: 9781847205063.
    Listed reading
  • Rupasingha, Anil, S. J. Goetz, D. L. Debertin, and A. Pagoulatos. “The Environmental Kuznets Curve for US Countries: A Spatial Econometric Analysis with Extentions.” Papers in Regional Science 83, no. 2 (2004): 407-424.
    Listed reading
  • Mohnen, Pierre. “Productivity Trends and Employment Across Industries in Canada.” In Structural Economics . Edited by Thijs Ten Raa. London, UK: Routledge, 2004, pp. 265-276. ISBN: 9780415331746.
    Listed reading
  • Wallsten, Scott J. “An Empirical Test of Geographic Knowledge Spillovers Using Geographic Information Systems and Firm-level Data.” Regional Science and Urban Economics 31, no. 5 (2001): 571-599.
    Listed reading
  • Anselin, Luc, Ibnu Syabri, and Youngihn Kho. “GeoDa: An Introduction to Spatial Data Analysis.” Working paper, Spatial Analysis Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2004. ( PDF ) ↗
    Listed reading
  • Carbonara, Nunzia, Ilaria Giannoccaro, and Pierpaolo Pontrandolfo. “Supply Chains Within Industrial Districts: A Theoretical Framework.” International Journal of Production Economics 76, no. 2 (2002): 159-176.
    Listed reading
  • Sivitanidou, Rena, and Karen R. Polenske. “Assessing Regional Economic Impacts with Microcomputers.” In A Planner’s Review of PC Software and Technology . Edited by Richard E. Klosterman. Chicago, IL: American Planning Association, 1988, pp. 83-90 ISBN: 9789992627662.
    Listed reading
  • Pereira, Alvaro E. “Economic Development of the Boston Harbor: Informing the Process.” The Boston Conference Harbor Town Meeting, May 11, 1998.
    Listed reading
  • Porter, Michael E. “Competitive Advantage, Agglomeration Economies, and Regional Policy.” International Regional Science Review 19, no. 1-2 (1996): 85-94. Read comments by Ann Markusen and Porter’s response.
    Listed reading
  • Treyz, George I. Regional Economic Modeling: A Systematic Approach to Economic Forecasting and Policy Analysis . New York, NY: Springer, 1993. ISBN: 9780792393825. Read Chapters 6, 7, and 8, pp. 263-288, 291-327 and 331-401.
    Listed reading
  • Bourque, Philip J. “Regional Multipliers: WAIO vs. RIMS.” International Regional Science Review 13, nos. 1-2 (1990): 87-98.
    Listed reading
  • Connaughton, John E., and Ronald Madsen. “Assessment of Economic Impact Studies: The Cases of BMW and Mercedes-Benz.” The Review of Regional Studies 31, no. 3 (2001): 293-304.
    Listed reading
  • Jackson, Randall W., and Jonathan C. Comer. “An Alternative to Aggregated Base Tables in Input-Output Table Regionalization.” Growth and Change 24 (1993): 191-205.
    Listed reading
  • Rickman, D. S., and R. K. Schwer. “A Comparison of the Multipliers of IMPLAN, REMI, and RIMS II: Benchmarking Ready-Made Models for Comparison.” The Annals of Regional Science 29, no. 4 (1995): 363-374.
    Listed reading
  • Glaeser, Edward L. “Reinventing Boston: 1630-2003.” Journal of Economic Geography 5, no. 2 (2005): 119-153.
    Listed reading
  • Harrison, Bennett, and Jean Kluver. “Deindustrialization and Regional Restructuring in Massachusetts.” In Deindustrialization and Regional Economic Transformation: The Experience of the United States . Edited by Lloyd Rodwin and Hidehiko Sasanami. Boston, MA: Unwin Hyman, 1990, pp. 104-131. ISBN: 9780044455387.
    Listed reading
  • Porter, Michael E., Rebecca E. Wayland, and C. Jeffrey Grogan. “Toward A Shared Economic Vision for Massachusetts.” November 5, 1992. [In collaboration with Challenge to Leadership]
    Listed reading
  • Horan, Cynthia, and Andrew E. G. Jonas. 1998. “Governing Massachusetts: Uneven Development and Politics in Metropolitan Boston.” Economic Geography 74, extra issue (1998): 83-95.
    Listed reading
  • Fogg, Neeta, Paul Harrington, and Thomas Kochan. “The State of Working Families in Massachusetts.” MIT Sloan Working Paper 4473-04, January 2004. Work-Family Council Initiative Working Paper No. 0001 . ↗
    Listed reading
  • Pereira, Alvaro E., and Karen R. Polenske. “Transportation Policy Implications of the 1990 Clean Air Act.” In Research in Urban Economics: New Urban Strategies in Advanced Regional Economics . Edited by R. D. Norton. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, Inc., 1996, pp. 111-138. ISBN: 9781559388566.
    Listed reading
  • Treyz, George I. Regional Economic Modeling: A Systematic Approach to Economic Forecasting and Policy Analysis . New York, NY: Springer, 1993. ISBN: 9780792393825. Read chapters 10-11, pp. 431-450, 453-456.
    Listed reading
  • SES #: 11 · TOPICS: Use of regional models in policy analyses · READINGS: Kats, Greg, et al. “The Costs and Financial Benefits of Green Buildings: A Report to California’s Sustainable Building Task Force.” Washington, DC: Capital E, 2003. ( PDF - 3.1MB ) ↗
    Reading assignment
  • Isard, Walter, and Christine Smith. “Policy Analysis Using an Integrated Multiregional Model.” In Practical Methods of Regional Science and Empirical Applications: Selected Papers of Walter Isard . Washington Square, NY: New York University Press, 1990. ISBN: 9780814714379.
    Listed reading
  • Funck, Rolf H. “Reflections on Regional Development Policy and the Concept of Region.” In New Frontiers in Regional Science: Essays in Honor of Walter Isard . Vol. 1. Edited by Manas Chatterji and Robert E. Kuenne. Washington Square, NY: New York University Press, 1990. ISBN: 9780814714379.
    Listed reading
  • Harrison, Bennett, Amy Glasmeier, and Karen R. Polenske. “National, Regional, and Local Economic Development: New Thinking About Old Ideas.” Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, December 5, 1995. (This document will be on reserve at Rotch.)
    Listed reading
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