Driving Ohio\u27s Prosperity (Auto supply chain)

in cooperation with The MPI Group, Inc. Prepared for Compete Columbus. Central Ohio Is the Leverage Point of a Two-Job Strategy for Growing the Value of Automotive & Advanced Manufacturing How to help manufacturers do today’s job of meeting customers’ demands and tomorrow’s job of continuing to innovate and improve

Does a Mayor Make a Difference in a City’s Economic Performance? The case of Akron, Ohio

Can a mayor make a difference in a city’s long-term economic performance? Mayors have been observed making a difference in case studies and in press accounts but it is nearly impossible to link the economic performance of a particular city to the actions of a specific mayor. Terms are frequently too short and cause and effect cannot be disentangled. The term of Akron’s Mayor Donald Plusquellic offers an opportunity to make the connection. The mayor’s length of service is long, data are available, and comparable cities and metropolitan areas exist to act as informal controls for other structural explanations for the observed outcome. It is observed that the number of jobs held by Akron’s residents grew from 1990 to 2007. This fact is compared to 29 other large central cities. Only eight of the 29 comparable cities experienced growth; Columbus being the only other city on Ohio. This paper examines the ways in which the city of Akron, under Plusquellic’s leadership affected the city’s economic performance

What Is the Effect of Random Variation in State Unemployment Rates?

Examines national Current Population Survey data to indicate the impact of sample size on the standard error of subpopulations in the sample and to show how these errors can influence policy conclusions. Examines the unemployment rate cross-sectionally for 11 states to demonstrate that the monthly unemployment rate should not be used to make fine distinctions between the states

Policy Lessons from Cleveland\u27s Economic Restructuring and the Accompanying Case Study

This paper has two major components, each can be read as separate writings. The first consists of lessons for national urban policy and the practice of economic development from Cleveland’s experience. The second is the case study, emphasizing the formation and implementation of the region’s economic development strategy

The Long Road to Recovery from the recession of 2007: December 2009 Update

Ned Hill, Dean of the Levin College at Cleveland State University, released his December update of macroeconomics conditions. This data-rich presentation covers the latest economic forecasts and the fiscal condition of the federal government. The presentation deck covers the performance of the following markets: currency, trade, labor, housing, commercial property, and auto. It also reports on the most current data on consumer sentiment and the investment sentiment of multinational CFOs

Ohio’s Competitive Advantage: Manufacturing Productivity

The underlying theme of Dr. Hill’s book is that manufacturing is the connective tissue of the state’s economy. This is true in two ways: The first is in terms of the distribution of employment, and the second connection is in locations of different parts of the manufacturing production process. The key to increasing incomes in all parts of Ohio is to ensure that the products made in manufacturing production platforms remain competitive, which means vigorously pursuing public policies that enhance productivity—investing in both labor and capital

The Cost of Arming Schools: The Price of Stopping a Bad Guy with a Gun

The price of implementing the NRA’s proposal to place an armed security guard in every school building in the nation is nearly $13 billion a year. The opportunity cost to taxpayers for fully protected schools can reach$23 billion. The cost per student approaches $500 and would take up half of federal spending on elementary and secondary education if paid for by the federal government. Is this the cost of protecting schools? Or, is it just one cost for permitting unlimited access to semi-automatic weapons and large capacity ammunition clips and preventing the potential for mass murder in our schools

How Many Guns are in the United States: Americans Own between 262 Million and 310 Million Firearms

How Many Guns are in the United States? estimates the number of firearms available to the civilian population in the United States and the characteristics of the market for semiautomatic firearms