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Item The 1980-81 Impact of UMD on the Duluth-Superior Growth Center Region(Bureau of Business and Economic Research, 1981) Lichty, Richard W; Jesswein, Wayne AItem 2001 Labor Force Assessment Northeast Minnesota(University of Minnesota Duluth, 2001) Lichty, Richard W; Porett, Matthew; Moore, Scott; O'Brien, Maureen; McTavish, Donald G; Skurla, James A; Jacobson, Jean; Almquist-Minko, Vickie; Smith, Eric; Simonson, JeremyItem Alternative Approaches to Thinking about Economic Development(Bureau of Business and Economic Research, 1996) Lichty, Richard W; Maki, Wilbur RMuch of past thinking about economic development started with a traditional low-income rural agricultural economy losing its workforce to higher-paying jobs in the new, modern industrial sector. Hirschman and others proposed an alternative strategy for economic development in his unbalanced growth theory that focused on an industry rather than an entire sector or two of a developing nation's economy. Hirschman not only highlighted, but emphasized in significant ways, the role and importance of the private sector in economic development. Putnam and others take the social capital approach to economic development. We offer still another way of thinking about economic development strategy that builds on the activities within a local labor market area and its institutions for constructively engaging an active, public-spirited local citizenry. The local labor market approach contrasts with the earlier ways of thinking about economic development by its attention to local institutions in building a civic workforce. This functional community serves as a building block for defining an economic region composed of several labor market areas, of which one or more form its core area, while the more distant ones form its periphery. This approach provides the conceptual environment for building a model for local economic development.Item An Efficiency Analysis of Minnesota Counties: A Data Envelopment Analysis Using 1993 IMPLAN Input-output Analysis(Bureau of Business and Economic Research, 1996-12) Raab, Raymond L; Lichty, Richard WData Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is a multi-input, multi-output optimization model used to measure relative efficiency or the best practice counties. The IMPLAN input-output 1993 database and software estimates gross output, final demand, and final payments categories at the county level. The IMP LAN data contains estimates of four forms of final payments. Transfer payments are added as inputs but are taken from a separate source. IMPLAN also includes four forms of final demand as outputs. These inputs and outputs form a production frontier of "best practice" counties. Deviations below the frontier will be used to measure the degree of county inefficiencies based upon minimizing the use of inputs and maximizing the sale of outputs. Measurement of relative county efficiencies allow comparison between urban core counties, suburban transitional counties and rural periphery counties. County comparisons of returns to scale verify the existing body of land rent theories. Agglomeration economies measured by DEA efficiency scores and returns to scale measured by DEA frontier intercepts imply that location and urbanization economies are largest in urban core counties and that their effects diminish as distance from the core increases.Item An Analysis of Factors Affecting the Levels of Retail Sales in Winnepeg, Ontario, and Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada: A Threshold Analysis(Bureau of Business and Economic Research, 1987) Dysvick, Ronald H; Lichty, Richard WItem The Analysis of Labor Productivity Effects on Regional Growth(Bureau of Business and Economic Research, 1987) O'Brien, A. Maureen; Lichty, Richard W; Lim, Kai HItem Analyzing Housing Demand in Northeast Minnesota and Duluth: Three Scenarios(University of Minnesota Duluth, 1987) Lichty, Richard W; Flannery, Barbara AItem Analyzing Local Industrial Development Potential: The Region's Commercial and Industrial Structure (Report #2)(Bureau of Business and Economic Research, 1984) Lichty, Richard W; McMillan, David JThis is the second in a series of reports dealing with the economy of Duluth and northeast Minnesota. The first identified the excess and deficit demand conditions for northeast Minnesota as preliminary estimates of the export and import requirements of the economy. This report will analyze the structure of the northeast Minnesota economy and attempt to identify the most important industrial sectors in terms of that structure. Also included in this report is a description of the input/output model used to analyze the economy's structure and copy of the complete, 75 sector input/output system for northeast Minnesota. The latter tables are included as an appendix to this report.Item Analyzing Local Industrial Development Potential: The Region's Export/Import Basis (Report #1)(Bureau of Business and Economic Research, 1984) Lichty, Richard W; McMillan, David JItem An Approach towards Simulating Links between Minnesota's Economy and the Supply and Demand for Minnesota's Water(Bureau of Business and Economic Research, 1987) Lichty, Richard WItem An Approach towards Simulating Links between Minnesota's Economy and the Supply and Demand for Minnesota's Water(University of Minnesota, Duluth, 1987) Lichty, Richard WItem Assessing Forest Industry Trends in Northeast Minnesota: The TAM Model(Bureau of Business and Economic Research, 1988) Lichty, Richard W; Raab, Raymond LItem Assessing the Value of Water: Some Alternatives(Bureau of Business and Economic Research, 1986) Lichty, Richard W; Anderson, Curt LItem Benefit-Cost Analysis of a Regional Energy Strategy: UMD Coal Gasification(Bureau of Business and Economic Research, 1977) Peterson, Jerrold M; Lichty, Richard WItem Community Economic Development Strategic Planning: Growth and Development, A Case Study(Bureau of Business and Economic Research, 2000) Lichty, Richard W; Knudsen, Kjell RThis case study describes the use of analytic techniques to assist the community of Hibbing, Minnesota with economic development strategic planning. Based on best available data, the study suggests industries that might be targeted for the community of Hibbing, according to Michael E. Porter’s competitive advantage elements of factor conditions, demand conditions, firm strategy, and related and supporting industries in the community, advanced in his 1990 book, The Competitive Advantage of Nations. The report attempts to answer the question: What niches are implied by Hibbing’s current structure and trends? The data used are taken from the IMPLAN software system and data purchased specifically for this analysis; assertions are data driven based on employment information. The observations represent a first step to industrial complex analysis – the analysis of possible areas for future growth and development. As we propose in the paper, the results of the analysis of competitive elements should be used as a basis for a public-private partnership aimed at recruitment, expansion, retention and creation of businesses in the community.Item Consistent Forecasting for Major State Industrial Sectors: The Case of Mineral Development in Minnesota during the 1980's(Bureau of Business and Economic Research, 1981) Raab, Raymond L; Lichty, Richard WItem Consistent Forecasting for Major State Industrial Sectors: The Case of the Paper Industry in Minnesota during the 1980's(Bureau of Business and Economic Research, 1981) Lichty, Richard W; Raab, Raymond L; Doty, Patrick KItem Cook County Winter Trail Use Study: Technical Report(University of Minnesota Duluth, 2003) Kreag, Glenn M; Skurla, James A; Lichty, Richard W; Jacobson, Jean; McTavish, Donald G; Barkataki, Malita; Paukner, AmberThe following technical report on the Cook County resident survey was developed as a part of the larger research project “Tourism and Winter Trail-based Recreation: An economic and environmental comparison of motor and quiet sports.” The project was designed to document and compare the impacts of snowmobiling and cross country skiing in a destination county. It will measure the economic impacts and assess the perceived social and environmental impacts of these activities. This study employed questionnaires with snowmobilers and cross country skiers and survey local residents in Cook County, Minnesota. An understanding of the differences between motor sports (snowmobiling) and a quiet sport (cross country skiing) is useful in planning future development, minimizing negative impacts, and improving marketing decisions.Item Cook County/Grand Portage Alternative Energy(University of Minnesota Duluth, 2005) Skurla, James A; Lichty, Richard W; Doorn, David J; Jacobson, Jean; Almquist-Minko, Vickie; Malik, Nitya; Williams, Joshua; Hochsprung, Paul; Daly, JohnEnergy sustainability must consider social, ecological and economic factors. This contract is to model the economic impacts to the current economy of the Grand Portage MN Tribal Community when the energy supply changes in response to implementing hydrogen based technology. This project will analyze possible impacts generated when the source of energy changes. Most input-output impact analyses assume that, when one industry in a defined region increases its production, the necessary supply of intermediate products needed in production will be available. This assumption implies that local resources are currently underutilized, or that excess capacity exists in the supplying industries.Item Copper-Nickel Studies(Bureau of Business and Economic Research, 1979) Lichty, Richard W; Steinnes, Donald N