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Exploring The Economic Resilience In The United States Through State Gdp Output, Mariya Pominova
Exploring The Economic Resilience In The United States Through State Gdp Output, Mariya Pominova
Honors College
Economic resilience is a rising topic in the field of economics. Although there is no standard definition, most literature suggests that the concept of regional economic resilience converged to encapsulate a region’s ability to resist, recover from, and restructure itself after an economic or environmental shock. There are a multitude of methods in the literature used to measure economic resilience. All of these methods utilize either GDP, employment, or a combination of both. While both GDP and employment cycles are powerful tools for measuring the impact of a recession on an economy, they measure vastly different things and neither fully …
In The Aftermath Of The Financial Crisis Of 2008: What Have We Learned?, Luisa Blanco, Michael Crouch
In The Aftermath Of The Financial Crisis Of 2008: What Have We Learned?, Luisa Blanco, Michael Crouch
School of Public Policy Working Papers
In the aftermath of the financial crisis and economic recession of 2008, it is important to reflect not only on its causes, but also on specific policies that can help countries to move towards sustained economic growth. This publication provides a compendium of lectures that intend to do this. The focus of the discussion is around the U.S. (first two chapters) and Latin America (last chapter), which enhances our understanding of the forces at play and the necessary policies that need to be implemented in different regions of the world. Dr. Lee Ohanian points to the strange differences between the …
Part 4: Gasoline Prices, Carbon Emissions And Other Unpleasant Subjects, Regional Studies Institute, Old Dominion University
Part 4: Gasoline Prices, Carbon Emissions And Other Unpleasant Subjects, Regional Studies Institute, Old Dominion University
State of the Region Reports: Hampton Roads
Carbon emissions are on nearly everyone’s mind. We trace our regional carbon emissions and explore the ways (including higher prices) that we might deal with them.