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Targeting Economic Diversification: An Application of Target MOTAD Procedures

The Review of Regional Studies

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Title Targeting Economic Diversification: An Application of Target MOTAD Procedures
 
Creator Harris, Thomas R.
Seung, Chang K.
Narayanan, Rangesan
 
Description With rapid change in national, state, and local economies, many economic development agencies and practitioners have attempted to diversify state and local economies to minimize the variability of state and local economic activity. However, minimizing variability may reduce expected economic growth, which may run contrary to the desires of state and/ or local officials. This paper applies Minimization of Total Absolute Deviations (MOT AD) and Target Minimization of Total Absolute Deviations (Target MOTAD) for economic diversification plans. MOTAD procedures; which are a linear programming algorithm for portfolio analysis, minimize positive and negative deviations from mean growth rates. Target MOT AD, unlike portfolio variance and MOTAD procedures, minimizes only negative deviations from targeted economic growth rates. Economic diversification plans derived from MOT AD and Target MOT AD procedures are compared and contrasted.
 
Publisher Southern Regional Science Association
 
Date 2001-09-01
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://journal.srsa.org/ojs/index.php/RRS/article/view/31.2.6
 
Source The Review of Regional Studies; Vol 31, No 2 (2001); 197-215
0048-749X
1553-0892
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://journal.srsa.org/ojs/index.php/RRS/article/view/31.2.6/290