Regional analytics

Alan T. Murray ()
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Alan T. Murray: University of California at Santa Barbara

The Annals of Regional Science, 2017, vol. 59, issue 1, No 1, 13 pages

Abstract: Abstract This paper was originally presented as a presidential address for the 56th Annual Meeting of the Western Regional Science Association, held in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on February 15–18, 2017. The intent of the paper is to discuss the continued importance of analytical methods to further knowledge and understanding, and in doing so contribute to enhanced analysis, planning, policy and decision making in a variety of contexts. Regional science is founded on the principle of being a multi-disciplinary effort, bringing together a range of quantitative approaches to study societal issues and concerns through planning and policy efforts, hopefully to bring about positive change. Analytics is an increasingly popular reference to the methods employed by a discipline or specialty area. Given the prominence of methods in regional science, it is suggestive of a more nuanced term like regional analytics. It is hoped that reflecting on regional analytics will reinforce the significance and strength of our discipline in the coming years and decades. It is only through our actions that we will make a difference, and we hope that such actions are based on the best information and scientific reasoning possible.

JEL-codes: C02 C2 C38 C44 C5 C6 C7 C8 R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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