Community and Regional Economic Analysis II

Catalog description

This course will develop a substantive grounding in the theories and practice of measuring community economic dynamics plus build solid foundation skills for applied community economic analysis. Elements include basic descriptive tools of community economic analysis, such as economic base evaluation, industrial mix analysis, trade area assessment, and industrial and occupational composition analysis, input-output industrial accounting for economic impact analysis and the development of fiscal impact assessment techniques, and measures of public policy effectiveness.