11.481J / 1.284J / ESD.192J Analyzing & Accounting for Regional Economic Change, Spring 2005
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Author(s)
Polenske, Karen R.
Wang, Xiaodong
Alternative Title
Analyzing & Accounting for Regional Economic Change
Date Issued
June 2005
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.
Subjects
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
MIT 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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