SES # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
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1 | Introduction | |
2 | Historical view of regional economics | |
Regional economic theories | ||
3 | Neoclassical regional growth and location theories, part 1 | |
4 | Neoclassical regional growth and location theories, part 2 | |
5 | Alternative regional growth and location theories | |
6 | Accounting for the economic base of a region | |
7 | Influence of globalization on factor mobility | Problem set 1 due |
8 | Deindustrialization and restructuring | |
9 | Agglomeration and dispersal economies, part 1: Supply chains and cross-national sourcing arrangements | |
10 | Agglomeration and dispersal economies, part 2: Globalization: development opportunity or hindrance? | |
11 | Spatial dispersal of innovation, part 1: Theories of information technology and communication | |
12 | Spatial dispersal of innovation, part 2: Measurement issues | |
13 | Spatial dispersal of innovation, part 3: Measurement issues (cont.) | Problem set 2 due |
Regional, interregional, and multiregional input-output accounts | ||
14 | Overview of regional economic accounting structures | |
15 | Regional and multiregional accounting structures, part 1 | |
16 | Regional and multiregional accounting structures, part 2 | |
17 | Uses of accounts: linkage analyses | |
18 | Social accounting matrices: environmental and social multipliers | Problem set 3 due |
19 |
Accounting issues and concepts: boundaries Imputations and underground economy | |
20 | Price indices | |
Analytics of regional economics | ||
21 | Shift-share analyses | |
22 | Determinants of city and regional growth | Problem set 4 due |
23 | Regional economics and energy | |
24 | Regional economics disasters | |
25 | Student presentations | Problem set 5 due |
26 | Student presentations (cont.) |