US Regional Economic Indicator Models: An introduction

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Woodward, Douglas P.^{a; *} | Renfro, Charles G.^b | Cabral, Ricardo^c | Cabral, Dolores^d

Affiliations: [a] Division of Research, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA. E-mail: [email protected] | [b] 601 West 113th Street, New York, NY 10025, USA. E-mail: [email protected] | [c] Siemens AG, ICN CA CV B14, Otto-Hahn-Ring 6, D-81739 Munich, Germany. E-mail: [email protected] | [d] Universidad do Minho, Escola de Economia e Gest\~{a}o, Campus de Gualtar, 4710 Braga, Portugal. E-mail: [email protected]

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Abstract: This paper introduces a special issue of the Journal of Economic and Social Measurement on U.S. Regional Economic Indicator Models. It describes recent research on such models, both specifically and in the context of general research on economic indicators, and provides some references. The six papers of this special issue represent a selection from the papers presented at a conference held in Braga, Portugal at the Universidad do Minho 7--10 June 1998, a purpose of which was to bring together scholars from Europe, North America, and South America to consider issues in the construction of indicator models.

DOI: 10.3233/JEM-1999-0171

Journal: Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, vol. 25, no. 3-4, pp. 111-117, 1999