Great thread on #urban #Econ as a field and the ways it was pushed/evolved.
Similar to Penn’s RegSci PhD program. The #Regional #Planning program at @Illinois_Alma during the early 90’s all through the 2010’s was quite important in developing ties between disciplines ...
Similar to Penn’s RegSci PhD program. The #Regional #Planning program at @Illinois_Alma during the early 90’s all through the 2010’s was quite important in developing ties between disciplines ...
https://twitter.com/undercoverhist/status/1372999869204467718
At some point you had people of all disciplines working together.. Geoff Hewings (my advisor) on InputOutput, TJ Kim on transportation, Luc Anselin and Anil Bera and Dan McMillen on spatial econometrics, Andrew Isserman, Kieran Donaghy, Lew Hopkins on rural, & urban planning ..
Out of @Illinois_Alma there was a great number of scholars that today are still working on these issues. We all grew from the amazing place that was the #REAL (Regional Economics Applications Laborarory) founded by Geoff and Philph initially in partnership with the Chicago Fed..
On the 25th anniversary of REAL, I developed a similar network analysis based on citations, Andrew Isserman did something even better spanning the whole RegSci field.
Today, the field is more scattered and growing in different directions. ....
Today, the field is more scattered and growing in different directions. ....
I believe that all the work done these years was amazing and much good was done from having conferences together like @NARSCRegScience. I hope we can make science evolve out of the need to solve our common issues, rather than patron mandate like UrbEcon at some point.
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