Input-output analysis has been used extensively to identify the interrelationships in local, state, regional and national economies. One type of economic activity that is prevalent in several states in the Northeast has not typically been included in regional input-output models: that carried on...

There is increasing evidence that research funding sources are requiring additional assurances that the expenditure of their resources is in the "highest and best use." Legislative calls for sunset provisions and mandated evaluations plus administrative moves toward grant rather than formula...