regions

The authors investigate regional differences in the level and the development of regional new business formation activity. Steering innovation and creating an entrepreneurial atmosphere could be an appropriate starting point for policy measures that try to promote start-ups.

This report outlines a process for collecting data on key measures of innovation that can then be used to drive regional economic development policies and programs.

The authors explore an economy with two regions and independent local administrations. Preliminary results show that the Nash equilibrium will result in over- or under-investment depending on the extent to which public education is subject to congestion.

The purpose of the report is to help policy and decision-makers understand an monitor economic changes in the Arizona-Sonora Region and to support policies that promote economic transformation, investment and entrepreneurship in the region. The report indicates that the region is improving in quality of life and general economic progress, but is lacking in other areas.

The University of Arizona Office of Economic Developments annual report card provides information on economic growth and development in the Arizona-Sonora region to support policies that promote economic transformation, investment and entrepreneurship, but not necessarily to make policy recommendations.

Four new indicators have been added to this annual report. They include two in the Manufacturing/Maquiladora section and two in the Quality of Life section. The report is an attempt to monitor developments in an emerging binational region.

The purpose of the Regional Economic Indicators is to help policy and decision-makers understand and monitor economic changes in the Arizona-Sonora Region and to support policies that promote economic transformation, investment and entrepreneurship in the Region. Several indicators are based on new, revised data as these became available, including Sonora’s exports, and shipments of agricultural products from Mexico through border ports of entry.

The annual report provides information on economic growth and development in the Arizona-Sonora region to support policies that promote economic transformation, investment and entrepreneurship, but not necessarily to make policy recommendations.