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Week 1.
Schaffer, Regional
Impact Models. Pp 1-12. Link
Class handout from R. Shaffer and from Bendavid-Val
10 Best Econ Sites from Econdata.net Link
There is also a summary of economic base at
this FSU web address: Link
Week 2.
Braschler, Understanding Your
Community’s Economic Base, UM:
Link
Shaffer, Regional
Impact Models. Pp. 14-21.
Short piece by Scorsone
on Economic Base and Community Development: link
Week 3.
Assignment 1 distributed
Miernyk, The
Elements of Input Output Analysis, Chapters 1 – 2. Link
Shaffer, Chapters 3 and 4
National Economic Measurement (BEA): Link
Assignment 1 due
Week 4.
Hastings & Brucker.
An Introduction to Regional Input Output Analysis (Class handout)
Week 5.
Concepts and Methods of the U.S. Input-Output
Accounts (BEA) Chapters 1 and 2 only: Link
Assignment
2 due
Week 6.
Swenson, An Introduction to Economic Impact Assessment: Link
Learning to Build a Big IO Model workshop sessions.
Week 7.
Swenson, Confessions
of an input output modeler: Link
RIMS II Users
Manual. Link
Swenson,
The Economic Impact of the Iowa Caucus:
Gauging the Worth of Its First‐in‐the‐Nation
Position? Link
Week 8.
Assignment 3 due.
Wrapping
up input output analysis – dos, don’ts and duhs.
Swenson,
Understanding biofuels economic impact claims. Link
Week 9
Using
input output data for community development and assessment.
o
Fiscal impact
modeling
o
Buy local analysis
o
Industrial targeting
and cluster assessment
Shields, Using economic impact models as educational tools. Link
Swenson and Eathington, A manual for community and fiscal impact
modeling systems (pp 1 – 18 only). Link
Swenson,
Measuring the economic impacts of buy-local
campaigns. Link
Week 10
Economic impacts and economic benefits – they are
different things
·
Introduction to B/C
analysis
·
Discussion of welfare
principles
·
Why many people
confuse program outcomes with public benefits
Garrett and
Leatherman, An Introduction to State and Local Finance:
Cost Benefit Analysis. Link
Portnoy, Benefit Cost
Analysis. Link
Swenson, Evaluating
Public Sector Spending in Support of the Economy: A Call For
an Economic Development Principles Dialogue in Iowa. Link
Final / Test due
finals week.