Recent reviews of the regional growth and change literature conclude that the strand of research attempting to identify determinants of growth in general terms has been reasonably successful, but the strand attempting to provide public policy direction has been far less successful. A critical...

Three struggling communities of scholars-women in economics, regional economists, forecasters. I stand at the intersection of these three sets; I a female regional economic forecaster. Three strikes and you're out comes ominously to mind. One obvious question to ask is, "Why did I make all these...

Regional econometric forecasting accuracy assessment has traditionally received less attention than its national macroeconometric counterpart. While evidence is available that state and local employment forecasts perform well relative to standard benchmarks, little is known about the historical...