This dissertation was motivated by the changing nature and structure of interregional trade within a country. Each region’s economic structural changes and new spatial organization of production generated by the fragmented production process made possible by an open economy with significantly...

The efficiency of the migration process as a market mechanism to equalize regional unemployment rate differentials in less developed countries has been the main aim of this thesis. First, we develop a dynamic model which allows us to describe the worker migration decision under different...

This thesis develops an extended demographic model of the Chicago region which projects the educational attributes of the population. The region is further subdivided into two zones, city and suburb, and two racial/ethnic groups are identified and disaggregated according to gender. Central to...

This dissertation focuses on the measurement of structure and structural change in regional economies. Alternative methods are derived and tested, in order to observe the pattern of structural change over time, at both regional and intercountry settings, since further progress in regional growth...

Recent literature in economics has failed to focus or take adequate account of the role of airline networks. In this dissertation the network is examined at the national/industry level, and also at the individual firm level. Statistical measures which capture pertinent characteristics of an...

One of the main concerns associated with the development and use of regional CGE models is the determination of key parameter values, particularly substitution and other price elasticities. A common problem is the lack of appropriate regional data for econometric estimation. Consequently, it is...