11.481J / 1.284J / ESD.284J Analyzing and Accounting for Regional Economic Change, Spring 2004

Polenske, Karen R.; Wang, Xiaodong

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Polenske, Karen R.; Wang, Xiaodong

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Analyzing and Accounting for Regional Economic Change

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Abstract

Surveys theories of regional growth, factor mobility, clustering, industrial restructuring, learning regions, and global supply chains from a political-economy perspective. Examines/critiques accounting frameworks including accounting for the underground economy, multipliers, linkages, and supply chains used to assess employment and environmental impacts, infrastructure investments. Assesses price indices, industrial location and employment measures, and shift-share analyses. Discussions of US and foreign applications. From the course home page: Course Description Students examine and critique accounting frameworks, including accounting for the underground economy, multipliers, linkages, and supply chains used to assess employment and environmental impacts and infrastructure investments. They also assess the value of price indices, industrial location and employment measures, and shift-share analyses. Discussions of US and foreign applications and their relation will be featured in the class.

Date issued

2004-06

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/53735

Department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division

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11.481J-Spring2004

local: 11.481J

local: 1.284J

local: ESD.284J

local: IMSCP-MD5-8ab2b63a907767e9db90f5b8f0736067

Keywords

economic growth, international economies, developing countries, growth, restructuring, innovation, accounting, industrialized and emerging countries, accounting frameworks, microeconomics, macroeconomics, political economy, china and the united states, 11.481J, 1.284J, ESD.284J, 11.481, 1.284, ESD.284

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