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Sources of regional growth disparity: the case of Ohio's industries
An examination of industrial structure and competitive position as factors contributing to disparity in Ohio's regional economic growth, and a discussion of changing economic conditions and business cycle dynamics as they have affected Ohio's industries.
Speech
Renewing our regional economy, presentation to the Cuyahoga Valley Communities Council, Brecksville, Ohio, February 16, 2006
Tonight, I will talk about a subject that I am sure is on all of our minds - renewing our region's economy. I will comment on the economic transitions we are facing in Northeast Ohio, and I will discuss the critical role that education can play in reinvigorating our region.
Working Paper
The Ohio economy: using time series characteristics in forecasting
The premise of this study is that the regional economist can better understand the Ohio economy by studying the properties of important Ohio time series that can be identified and quantified through simple regression methods.
Journal Article
Employment growth, job creation, and job destruction in Ohio
Over the past several years, Ohio?s employment has grown much more slowly than the national average. If we look at patterns of job creation and destruction in the state, we can start to get a handle on why. In the late 1990s, not only was the rate of job creation sluggish relative to the nation, but the rate of job destruction climbed rapidly.
Journal Article
Economic policy for our era: the Ohio experience
The economic revitalization of Northeast Ohio owes much to the globalization of business, which was itself made possible by a revolution in communications technology. The same revolution has reshaped the conduct of economic policy in the U.S. and abroad. In a speech at the City Club of Cleveland on May 11, Mr. Ferguson, vice chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, discussed Ohio's recovery and the role of economic policy in a communications era.
Speech
National and regional economic conditions, presentation to the Dayton Business Journal Economic Forum, Sinclair Community College, Dayton, Ohio, January 18, 2007
Cleveland Fed President Pianalto discusses monetary policy and economic conditions, both nationally and regionally. Mindful of the risks in the housing sector and inflation that she identifies, she expects that the new year (2007) will bring our nation's economy continued growth.
Speech
National and regional economic conditions, presentation to the Ohio Grantmakers Forum, Columbus, Ohio on October 18, 2007
President Pianalto gave a brief perspective on the national economy and then described some of the longer-term challenges we have been facing here in Ohio. Finally, she discussed the importance of innovation and human capital to the region's future.
Journal Article
Losing its minds? evaluating “brain drain” in Ohio
Is Ohio losing its best and brightest minds? That?s what is often implied by some well-publicized data on college graduates who move to other states after graduation. But what do these data actually tell us? This Commentary shows that they do not paint a complete picture of the emerging class of graduates, much less the state?s workforce. States interested in attracting and retaining college graduates as part of their overall economic development plans should look to other sources of data for a more complete picture. But they also need to consider the drive to improve graduate retention rates ...
Working Paper
Dashboard indicators for the Northeast Ohio economy: prepared for the Fund for Our Economic Future
The Fund for Our Economic Future (The Fund) is a multiyear collaborative effort ?to encourage and advance a common and highly focused regional economic development agenda that can lead to a long-term economic transformation of the Northeast Ohio (NEO) economy.? One of the strategies pursued by the Fund is to create and regularly update Dashboard Indicators for the Northeast Ohio Regional Economy. The Dashboard is intended to provide a framework for understanding the regional economic process and to track the region?s economic progress. This report presents the methodology used to construct ...
Working Paper
An analysis of foreclosure rate differentials in soft markets
A quantile regression model is used to identify the main neighborhood characteristics associated with high foreclosure rates in weak market neighborhoods, specifically for two counties in Ohio and one in Pennsylvania. A decomposition technique by Machado and Mata (2005) allows separating foreclosure filing rate differentials across counties into two components: the first due to differences in the levels of neighborhood characteristics and the second due to differences in the model parameters. At higher than median rates, foreclosure rate differentials between counties in Ohio are mainly ...