California's neighborhood

California ; Federal Reserve District, 12th ; Regional economics ; West (U.S.)

California recession and recovery

California ; Economic conditions - United States ; Recessions

The regional concentration of recessions

Federal Reserve District, 12th ; Regional economics ; Employment (Economic theory) ; Recessions

Summer special edition: touring the West

Tourism ; Federal Reserve District, 12th ; Economic conditions - West (U.S.)

Federal grant policies and public sector scrappage decisions

An examination of capital policies in the public and private sector through analysis of the scrappage decisions of local mass-transit providers, showing that the structure of federal grants has a direct impact on scrappage rates that leads to shorter equipment life in the local public sector.Infrastructure (Economics) ; Municipal finance

Capital subsidies and the infrastructure crisis: evidence from the local mass-transit industry

The author examines and summarizes empirical evidence from two recent studies of the mass-transit industry that suggest federal capital subsidies have important effects on infrastructure decisions of state and local governments.Infrastructure (Economics) ; Local transit

Commercial aerospace: risks and prospects

Aerospace industries

Utah bucks the recession

Utah ; Federal Reserve District, 12th

Financial restructuring and regional economic activity

An empirical analysis that links employment changes resulting from the birth, death, expansion, and contraction of various-sized banks with the local economic performance of 217 SMSAs over the 1980-82 and 1984-86 periods. Results suggest that the deaths of midsized banks have a negative, but short-lived, impact on economic activity.Banking market ; Banking structure ; Regional economics

Where's the recovery?

Federal Reserve District, 12th ; Business cycles ; Employment (Economic theory)