Geography 440                                              William B. Beyers
Regional Analysis                                            426 Smith
Spring 2008                                                    543-5871
                                                                       BEYERS@U.WASHINGTON.EDU
                                                                       http://faculty.washington.edu/beyers/

Readings pack ia available from Ram Copy Center, 4144 University Ave NE

Tentative Lecture and Assignment Schedule

March 31 Introduction, distribution of matrix algebra review handout

April 2 and April 4: Beyers gone to New York, No class

April 7     Matrix Algebra Review, Review Exercise
   Reading: Miller & Blair, pp. 369-383 (class handout from March 31).

April 9    Simple descriptive measures
Readings - class handouts   also Michael Brown and Larry Knopf, Places_or_Polygons.pdf

April 11  Simple descriptive approaches, continued. 

April 14 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 16 and April 18: Beyers gone to AAG meetings in Boston

April 21  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 23  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 25   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

April 28  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 30 Regional input-output models, continued, same reading

May 2 No Class, Beyers in Chicago

May 5 Exercise III: Economic Base Exercise II Due, Discussion of Results EX3_Spring2008.xls

May 7 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

May 9   Regional input-output model estimation – non-survey  approaches; Reading: same as April 25.

May 12   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_2008.xls Impact_Ex4.xls

May 14   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 14  Environmental extensions of i/o models. Exercise V – Non-survey i/o model construction   

Exercise5_data2008.xls hospital_economic_impact_10_13_03.doc
Reading:  Richardson, Chapter 11, "Input-Output and the Environment, pp. 213-230.

May 16 No class, Beyers at Pacific Northwest Regional Economic Conference

May 19  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 21   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 23 Graph Theory  Reading: Kilkenny, M. & L. Nalbarte, The Web Book of Regional Science,
        http:www.rri.wvu.edu/WebBook/Kilkenny/editedkeystone.htm.

May 26 Memorial Day Holiday

May 28 Social Accounts.  Reading: R. Stone, Demographic Accounting and model building.  OECD,
            1971. pp. 17-39.

May 30 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.
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

June 2 Class presentation of research projects

June 4 Class presentation of research projects. Take-Home Final Distributed

June 6   Departmental Undergraduate Symposium - no class