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March 22, 2019

Top 5 EDC Social Media Accounts & Tips

If you’re like us, there’s nothing more impactful than seeing the power of social media in action from EDCs themselves. Here are our Top 5 EDC social media…

March 21, 2019

Translating Real-World Survey Results into an Economic Impact Analysis

We enjoy free access to some of the most rich data ever available from outlets as varied as labor statistics to migration patterns of butterflies. But translating that…

March 5, 2019

Why Sector and Commodity Selection Matters in Economic Modeling

Here’s a look at several scenarios involving margins, what sort of impact they describe, and the different results possible from a similar impact when applied to a variety…

February 22, 2019

Economics of E-Scooters (Part 2): E-Scooter vs. TriMet Net Analysis

When e-scooters’ ridership goes up, alternative ridership must go down (right?). Here’s a very rudimentary net economic impact analysis to illustrate how one might go about estimating the…

February 15, 2019

Economics of E-scooters (Part 1)

Using rider surveys and leveraging data-sharing requirements of the scooter companies, cities across the country began painting a picture of how well scooters might do in the United…

December 26, 2018

Satellite Accounts: Not All Impacts are Economic

This type of thing is commonly done to estimate social impacts from things like education, health, land and water usage, child labor, environmental impacts, and more.

December 20, 2018

Our 5 Most Popular Blogs of 2018

Which blogs stood apart from the others? The ones people felt inspired and intrigued by the most? These are the 5 most popular blog posts of 2018 on…

December 11, 2018

A Behind the Scenes Look at the Economic Impacts of Filmmaking

Ohio, a gem of the midwest, is filled with resilient sports fanatics, people calling soft drinks “pop,” and, more specifically, a film industry that continues to generate positive…

December 11, 2018

Multi-Region Input-Output Roundup

Multi-Regional Input-Output sounds good and fancy, but when should you use it? This week we take a look at a handful of MRIO studies and what makes them—and…

December 5, 2018

New IMPLAN Data Year Now Available (Plus Release Notes)!

IMPLAN’s economists have completed our newest IMPLAN Data Year which is now available for purchase. Here's what's included and why we think it's pretty awesome.

November 19, 2018

Economic Impact Modeling Just Got a Whole Lot Smarter

The latest advancement in technology and methodology is going to propel economic impact modeling into the future.

November 12, 2018

Amazon HQ2: When the Losers are Winners

Just because a big business doesn't move to your city doesn't necessarily mean that your local economy won't feel an impact.