Geography 440                                              William B. Beyers
Regional Analysis                                            426 Smith
Spring 2009                                                    543-5871
                                                                       BEYERS@U.WASHINGTON.EDU
                                                                       http://faculty.washington.edu/beyers/

Readings pack will be available from Ram Copy Center, 4144 University Ave NE first week of the quarter

Tentative Lecture and Assignment Schedule

March 30 Introduction, distribution of matrix algebra review handout

April 1     Matrix Algebra Review, Review Exercise
   Reading: Miller & Blair, pp. 369-383 (class handout from March 30).

April 3    Simple descriptive measures
Readings - class handouts   also Michael Brown and Larry Knopf, Places_or_Polygons.pdf

April 6  Simple descriptive approaches, continued. 

April 8 Introduction to shift-share Reading: Stevens, B. & C. Moore.  A critical review of the  literature on shift-share as a forecasting
technique, Journal of Regional Science, Vol. 20, pp. 419-438.
Exercise I: Descriptive approaches; Review Exercise Due  

April 10  Shift share continued; Shift-share forecasting. Reading:  R. Barff & P. Night, "Dynamic shift-share  analysis,"  Growth & Change, Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 1-10.

April 13  Economic Base Concept  Reading: Tiebout, Ch 1-5;  W. Schaffer, Web Book of Regional Science, http://www.rri.wvu.edu/WebBook/Schaffer/index.html, Chapter 2.
       Ullman & Dacey, "The Minimum Requirements Approach to the Urban Economic Base, Papers, Regional Science Association, VL (1960), pp. 175-194.

April 15   Tiebout Ch. 6. Exercise II:  Shift-Share Analysis   Exercise I Due, Discussion of Results  

SHIFT440.XLS WN60.XLS WN69.XLS WN80.XLS WN88.XLS WN96.XLS WN2006.xls

April 17  Regional input-output models:  basics.  Reading: W. Schaffer, Web Book of Regional Science,
   http:www.rri.wvu.edu/WebBook/Schaffer/index.html, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5

April 20 Regional input-output models, continued, same reading

April 22 Exercise III: Economic Base Exercise II Due, Discussion of Results EX3_Spring2009.xls

April 24 No class, Beyers away

April 27 Regional input-output model: estimation procedures - survey approaches; Reading: W. Schaffer,
Web Book of Regional Science, http:www.rri.wvu.edu/WebBook/Schaffer/index.html, Chapter 9

April 29   Regional input-output model estimation – non-survey  approaches; Reading: same as April 25.

May 1   Interregional input-output models.  Reading: Schaffer, Web Book of Regional Science,
    http:www.rri.wvu.edu/WebBook/Schaffer/index.html, Chapter 6. Exercise III Due; discussion of results
Exercise IV: Impact Analysis   baseball_2009.xls impact_worksheets.xls

May 4   Programming extensions of i/o models.  Reading:  Richardson,  "Regional Input-output and linear
        programming," Input-Output and Regional Economics.  New York: Wiley, 1972.  pp. 195-211.

May 6  Environmental extensions of i/o models. Exercise V – Non-survey i/o model construction    Exercise5_data2009.xls

hospital_economic_impact_10_13_03.doc

Reading:  Richardson, Chapter 11, "Input-Output and the Environment, pp. 213-230.

May 8  Multi-criteria decision making models.  Reading:  "A multi-criteria analysis  for project evaluation: economic-ecological evaluation of a land  reclamation project, Papers, RSA, 35:87-114, 1975.

Exercise IV due; discussion of results 

May 11   Structural comparison and structural change.  Reading:  Chenery & Watanabe, "International
        Comparisons of the Structure of Production,"  Econometrica, 26 (4), pp. 487-521. (1958).
        Carter, A.  Structural Change in the American Economy.  Cambridge: Harvard U. Press, 1970,
        pp. 24-50.

May 13 Graph Theory  Reading: Kilkenny, M. & L. Nalbarte, The Web Book of Regional Science,
        http:www.rri.wvu.edu/WebBook/Kilkenny/editedkeystone.htm.

May 15 Social Accounts.  Reading: R. Stone, Demographic Accounting and model building.  OECD,
            1971. pp. 17-39.

May 18 Beyers at Pacific Northwest Regional Economic Conference – No class

May 20 Regional Econometric Models.  Reading:  R.S. Conway, Jr.  “The Washington Projection and
        Simulation Model: a Regional Interindustry  Econometric Model.  International Regional Science
Review,  Vol 13,  No. 2, pp. 141-65.

May 22 CGE and SAM models. E. Vargas, D. Schreiner, G. Tembo, & D. Marcouller,
        Computable General Equilibrium Modeling for Regional Analysis, Web Book of Regional Science.
        http://www.rri.wvu.edu/WebBook/Schreiner/contents.htm Exercise V due; discussion of results

May 25 Memorial Day Holiday

May 27 Class presentations of research projects

May 29 Class presentation of research projects

June 1 Class presentations of research projects

June 3 Class presentation of research projects. Take-Home Final Distributed

June 5   Departmental Undergraduate Symposium - no class