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Economic Competitiveness and the Determinants of Sub-National Economic Activity: A Literature Review

Description:

The purpose of this paper is to review the empirical and theoretical literature on area economic competitiveness and the sub-national location of economic activity. Thus, we are interested in why economic activity locates where it does, and, from the perspective of a given sub-national area, what...

Author:

Blumenthal, Pamela, Young, Garry, Levy, Alice, and Wolman, Hal

Keyword:

Economics, OCFO, GW Institute of Public Policy, Office of Revenue Analysis, Economic competitiveness, Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration at The George Washington University, and District of Columbia

GW Unit:

Center for Washington Area Studies

Resource Type:

Report
Zoning and Housing Costs New Democrat Coalition Housing Task Force briefing

Description:

High housing costs are mostly regional, not national, problem. U.S. does not have a single, unified housing market. Since 2012, U.S. housing prices have risen by 5.3% per year. This outpaces household income growth of 4% annually (Bhutta et al 2017). But large regional variation in housing price...

Author:

Schuetz, Jenny

Keyword:

New Democrat Coalition, GW Institute of Public Policy, Housing Task Force briefing, Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program, Housing, and Zoning

GW Unit:

Center for Washington Area Studies

Resource Type:

Report