Resources

• Practical course information:
  • Access share drive
    • On-campus: Map network: \\paris\fq2009pp
    • Off-campus: Go to: https://students.harrisschool.uchicago.edu/fq2009pp/

• Data provided by the EDA: melliot_usaModel.xlsx
• Stats America
• Innovation Index

• Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Territorial Development Policy Committee, “The Sources of Economic Growth in OECD Regions: A Parametric Analysis,” 1 December 2008, JT03255749: OECD-Nov2008.doc

• Other references:
  • U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, “2004 Redefinition of the BEA Economic Areas,” November 2004, http://www.bea.gov/SCB/PDF/2004/11November/1104Econ-Areas.pdf
  • U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, “Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas,” http://www.census.gov/population/www/metroareas/metrodef.html

• U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration, http://www.eda.gov
  • "Construction Grants Program Impact Assessment Report," September 2008: http://www.eda.gov/PDF/EDAConsImpactStudyVolume1FINAL.pdf
  • List of research reports available http://www.eda.gov/Research/ResearchReports.xml

• Template for final powerpoint presentation: template_ppt.ppt

• CC's paper: The first attachment is the analysis portion of my thesis as it appeared in Policy Matters. The second attachment is simply the graphs for the paper. The third attachment is a copy of the works cited pages of my honors thesis in which I highlighted relevant articles you might want to check out. Finally, I've also attached my advisor's dissertation, which discusses knowledge production and economic growth.
  • CC's thesis from Policy Matters
  • Graphs
  • Works cited page from honors thesis
  • Adviser's dissertation

• Additional papers from Enrique Garcilazo:

Summaries of models

• Neoclassical growth theory
• Endogenous growth theory

Innnovation Index documents (sent by Carol Rogers)




Some information on employment specialization indexes/indices:

http://faculty.washington.edu/krumme/systems/localiz.html
http://www.darmstadt.de/imperia/md/content/pdf/wirtschaft/statistik/scorus/publications/13.ppt
La Plata County, Colorado: http://co.laplata.co.us/plan/eps/pg23.pdf
http://www.mnsu.edu/ruralmn/images/Regional%20Roundtables%20Appendix%20FIRST%20SE%20MN%20Cons.ppt


An EDA paper on cluster-based economic development (very helpful):

• Using and Analyzing Urban Data
  • Lecture Notes
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      Raster_Data_and_Introduction_to_Spatial_Dependence.pdf
      

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      Basics_of_Spatial_Statistics.pdf
      

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      Spatial_Statistics_II.pdf
      

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      Sample_Program.do
      

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      Spatial_Covariance_Function_Program.do
      

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