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COURSE OBJECTIVES <top> Economic structure and rates of economic growth vary across space, as observed in urban-rural, center city-suburb and interregional differentials. This course explores the theoretical explanations and empirical analyses of the functioning of spatial economies and provides a conceptual and analytical framework for investigating those aspects of urban and regional economies that are relevant to local, regional, and federal governance and policy issues. The course is introduced through a discussion of the evolution of the spatial economy and of urban form. The effects of recent structural economic change, linked in part to changes in the world economy and technological change, on cities and regions will be examined. In the following segment attention turns to theoretical and conceptual explanations for uneven economic development across space and to theories of urban and regional economic growth. This segment examines various analytical techniques--including location quotients, input-output models, and regional econometric models--used in spatial analysis. The final segment of the course is concerned with public policies for promoting regional and urban development. <top> COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND STUDENT EVALUATION: The evaluation of students will be based on three pieces of work--two take home exams and a term paper. The term paper consists of a profile and analysis of the economy of a region or city in Europe. The paper is to have four elements: (1) an interpretive economic history, (2) a data intensive, demographic and economic description, using techniques presented in class, of the economy at two points in time, in order to identify changes over time, (3) an interpretation and explanation of economic change, and (4) recommendations on development strategies. <top> Date Topic 04/28 INTRODUCTION:
Engineering and S&T Policy - The case of
Portugal (M Heitor) 05/12 I. Spatial
Economics: An Introduction 05/19 II. Cities and
Innovation: Lessons from History 05/26 III. Restructuring
of the U.S. Economy and Globalization 06/02 IV.
Telecommunications and Economic
Development 06/09 V. Techniques of
Urban and Regional Economic Analysis I: Location
Quotients, Shift-Share Analysis, Export Base
Models, and Input-Output Models 06/16 VI Interregional
Disparities, Factor Mobility and Regional
Development 06/23 VII. Urban and
Regional Economic Growth Theory 06/30 VIII. Strategies
for Urban and Regional Development <top> Introductory Topic: Engineering and S&T Policy - The case of Portugal Which are the requirements for S&T Policies? Which specific requirements for Portugal? Topic I. Spatial Economics: An Introduction What factors influence the process of urbanization and development? What role do global forces play in shaping national economies? Topic II. Cities and Innovation: Lessons from History How and why do innovative technologies, innovative ways of industrial management, create new and innovative industries. How do they come to be developed in certain times and places? Topic III: Restructuring of the U.S. Economy and Globalization How have contemporary technological change and globalization affected the US economy? What are the most prominent features of structural economic change and of the emerging (referred to by some as the post-industrial or information) economy? How has the economic geography, at the regional and urban level, of the country been affected? Topic IV. Telecommunications and Economic Development Why are telecommunications and education important infrastructures for the emerging economy? What role does government play in supplying these infrastructures? Can state or local governments obtain comparative advantages in the supply of these infrastructures? Topic V: Techniques of Urban and Regional Economic Analysis I: Location Quotient, Shift-Share Analysis, Export Base Models, and Input-Output Models How can export specialization be determined from the location quotient analysis? In the shift-share analysis, what is the difference between growth due to sectoral mix and growth due to competitive position? What are the limitations, conceptual and in terms of data requirements, of each technique examined? Topic VI: Interregional Disparities, Factor Mobility and Regional Development What is relation between trade and regional specialization? Why does the mix in factors of production vary among regions? What will cause regional specialization to change over time? How do flows of factor of productions affect the regional economies? Will regional differences increase or decrease over time? How does enhanced capital mobility affect regional development? Topic VII: Urban and Regional Economic Growth Theory How can transportation costs affect the location of firms? Why do regions export and what effect does exporting have on a region's economy? Interindustry linkages play what role in development? How can one relate growth prospects of a city or region to economic structure? What impact does current economic change have on growth prospects of regions?
Topic VIII. Strategies for Urban and Regional Development What role do state and provincial governments play in the economy? What roles can government play in promoting economic development? How does the structure of government (federalist Vs unitary system, common markets) affect economic geography and development policy? How have changes in economic geography and decentralized development policymaking interacted? <top> |
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