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Metropolitan and state economic regions (master) model: regional economic response to national policy

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5190772
This multiregional economic model, can forecast: (1) regional activity, and (2) regional economic changes caused by economic changes outside the region. Examples forecast industrial output in a Portland, Oregon standard metropolitan statistical area (SMSA) and the change in industrial output in Portland caused by a change in the price of energy or development of a large energy project. The econometric approach was chosen because of flexibiity required for accuracy and its reasonable cost. A typical disadvantage of this approach is offset because of its access to the data collected as a result of an uncompleted READ project. The remainder of this report on the MASTER model is divided into three sections: literature review; model development; and application of the model. MASTER consists of six sets of equations for: (1) industrial and commercial output; (2) employment; (3) wage rages; (4) labor market clearing; (5) population; and (6) income.
Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC06-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
5190772
Report Number(s):
PNL-SA-10541; CONF-820726-2; ON: DE82018847
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English