This article reviews some recent books on automotive competition that broadly focus on the rise of the Japanese industry and the competitive decline of the traditional North American industry. Each book suggests, if not always explicitly, a likely structure for and distribution of future...

Before formulating incentives to attract a Mazda assembly plant, Michigan officials evaluated the project's impact on state employment and revenues, and on transformation of the state's economic base. This article examines the considerations which guided their deliberations, in relation to...

The magical aura which encases sports in our society continues to encourage cities to offer inducements to attract franchises. Now, even minor league franchises have become coveted assets by smaller cities seeking the same "glamour" that major league teams give larger cities. Smaller cities are...

Economists and city leaders have long confronted a tradeoff between timeliness and accuracy when searching for a measure of the economic performance of cities. Personal income is a good measure of economic growth, but these estimates for metropolitan statistical areas are only available with a...

It is often thought that historic preservation and economic interests are competing values. This case study of a large Chicago neighborhood provides evidence that National Historic District designation was beneficial to properties in the district. Substantial external benefits were also found....

For nearly 3 decades regional economists have debated about the direction of the relationship between interregional migration and regional employment growth. This study hypothesizes that migration and manufacturing employment growth are jointly determined but that the effects of employment...

It has long been clear that increased education is associated with improved employment outcomes. However, the reason for this relationship is not fully understood. The purpose of this research was to examine the relative impact of general skill level, job-specific training, credentials, and...

This article uses zipcode-level data to examine the residential and economic correlates of three types of corporate offices (national and regional headquarters and administrative offices) within the Los Angeles metropolitan area. Our findings reveal positive locational associations between the...

The basic thesis of this article is that, for the United States, the fundamental economic issues of our time have to do with global economic competitiveness that is dependent upon innovation and entrepreneurship, and all that this implies socially, culturally, and technologically. Further;...

Venture capital is a unique form of finance capital with special implications for high-technology economic development. Conventional wisdom suggests that venture capital will stimulate high-technology development. This is reflected in state policies that seek to generate local high technology by...