Analyzing and Accounting for Regional Economic Growth
11.481J · Civil and Environmental Engineering, Engineering Systems Division, Urban Studies and Planning · Graduate · Spring 2009
Prof. Karen R. Polenske
This course focuses on alternative ways in which the issues of growth, restructuring, innovation, knowledge, learning, and accounting and measurements can be examined, covering both industrialized and emerging countries. We give special emphasis to recent transformations in regional economies throughout the world and to the implications these changes have for the theories and research methods used in spatial economic analyses. Readings will relate mainly to the United States, but we cover perti…
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