Bay Area Council Economic Institute
publications are grouped in two categories below:
- Economic Analyses
on key issues affecting the Bay Area economy.
- The Forum Reports,
a series of regional issues discussions with the Bay Area Economic Forum Board
of Directors.
Links to PDF versions of the reports are
listed chronologically, newest reports first.
Economic Analyses
- Bay Area Economic Forecast 2008–2009
 This abstract report, jointly produced with Beacon Economics,
includes sub-regional forecasts for the South Bay/Silicon Valley, San
Francisco/San Mateo/North Bay, and Oakland/East Bay areas, along with an
overall Bay Area Outlook. —November 2008 (PDF: 36
pages, 2.1 MB)*
- California High-Speed Rail: Economic Benefits and
Impacts in the San Francisco Bay Area
 The proposed California high-speed rail project has been designed
to provide fast, efficient transportation between California’s major urban
centers, linking Los Angeles and San Francisco through the rapidly-growing
Central Valley. —October 2008 (PDF: 44 pages, 2.3 MB)*
- International Trade and the Bay Area Economy: Regional
Interests and Global Outlook 2008
—September 2008 (PDF: 68
pages, 1.8 MB)*
- The Innovation Driven Economic Development Model:
A Practical Guide for the Regional Innovation Broker
Prepared as part of a collaboration in which the Economic Institute and
BASIC are participants, this report describes an innovation-driven economic
development model based on the new realities of globalization and the changing
nature of the innovation process. —September 2008: Full
Report ( PDF: 64 pages, 1.9 MB)* —September 2008:
Executive Summary ( PDF: 17
pages, 498 KB)*
- Sustaining the Bay Area’s Competitiveness in a
Globalizing World
Every two years, with support from McKinsey &
Company, the Economic Institute produces the Bay Area Economic Profile
report. First published in 1996, the series profiles the performance of the
regional economy against other major metropolitan economies in the United
States and globally, discusses trends and sources of structural change, and
assesses strengths and weaknesses that impact regional economic
performance.
Sixth in the series, this Economic Profile report
is a detailed and data-rich examination of the factors that drive the Bay
Area's highly productive economy and make it a global destination for talented
people, productive businesses, and innovative research institutions. —April
2008 ( PDF:
47 pages, 3.5 MB)*
- Human Capital in the Bay Area: Why an Educated,
Flexible Workforce Is Vital to Our Economic Future
Human capital,
commonly understood as the collective level of education, skill and experience
of a region’s labor force, is one of the most fundamental building blocks
of high-value-added economies. This report analyzes indicators of human
capital in the Bay Area, and identifies what is distinctive about the Bay
Area’s workforce. —February 2008 (PDF:
68 pages, 730 KB)*
- Toward a California Trade and Investment Strategy:
Potential Roles for the State in Global Market
Development
Prepared at the request of the California Department
of Business, Housing and Transportation, this study provides the foundation
for a new California international trade and investment strategy delivered to
the Legislature in 2008. —October 2007 (PDF: 100
pages, 906 KB)*
- Innovative Energy Solutions from the San Francisco Bay
Area: Fueling A Clean Energy Future
The second in the BASIC
Science Futures series, this comprehensive first-of-its-kind report on major
alternative energy technologies highlights the region’s leadership in
contributing to California’s and the nation’s agenda for achieving energy
independence and addressing global warming. —July 2007 (PDF: 92
pages, 986 KB)*
- BASIC Innovators Series, Number 2
This
second issue in the BASIC Innovators interview series features Nobel Prize
winner and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Director Steven Chu, one of
the most prominent and vocal of all the scientific figures to address the
energy crisis. —Summer 2007 (PDF: 6 pages, 2.4 MB)*
- The Economics of Community Choice Aggregation:
The Municipalization of Local Power Acquisition
and Production
The third in a series dealing with economic
issues surrounding the municipalization of electric power systems and the
seventh in a series focusing on power market issues in the wake of
California’s 2001 electricity crisis. —June 2007 (PDF: 44 pages, 437 KB)*
- San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
Measures
to Reduce the Economic Impacts of a Drought-Induced Water Shortage in the SF
Bay Area Prepared by the Bay Area Economic Forum and Public
Financial Management (PFM) for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
and the Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency (BAWSCA), this report
analyzes the potential economic costs of drought-induced water cutbacks in the
Hetch Hetchy system and options for how to mitigate them. —May 2007 (PDF: 53 pages, 477 KB)*
- Bay Area Innovation Network Roundtable: Identifying
Emerging Patterns of the Next Wave of Innovation
A report from
BASIC on a day-long roundtable symposium convening seminal thinkers
representing a broad spectrum of public and private research and development
institutes and enterprises to focus on identirying a new and emerging patterns
and key drivers for the next wave of innovation. —April 2007 (PDF: 28 pages, 1 MB)*
- Shared Values, Shared Vision: California’s Economic
Ties with Canada
California and Canada maintain broad, deep
and longstanding commercial ties that grow out of some remarkable
similarities. This report discusses the characteristics that have generated
considerable cross-border economic activity and have enabled both countries to
leverage important comparative advantages. —March 2007 (PDF:
52 pages, 377 KB)*
- Ties That Bind: The San Francisco Bay Area’s Economic
Links to Greater China
An examination of The San
Francisco Bay Area’s business, economic, educational, historical, and cultural
ties to China, documenting the depth and breadth of the region’s engagement
with China and the business and other channels that have made the Bay Area the
nation’s leading portal for U.S.-China exchange. —November 2006 (PDF: 168
pages, 2.5 MB)*
- BASIC Innovators Series, Number 1
Produced
by the Bay Area Science and Innovation Consortium (BASIC), this first issue in
the Innovators interview series features Dr. Regis B. Kelly, Executive
Director of the California Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research
(QB3), and Dr. Robert J. T. Morris, Vice President, Assets Innovation, IBM
Global Services. —October 2006 (PDF: 8 pages, 746 KB)*
- The Innovation Edge: Meeting the Global
Competitive Challenge
A series of essays by nationally
recognized thought leaders on business, technology and the global economy,
addressing the challenges posed by global competition to U.S. leadership in
science and technology, and ultimately to the U.S. economy. —September 2006
(PDF: 66
pages, 1 MB)*
- Investing in California’s Infrastructure:
How to
Ensure Value for Money and Protect California’s Competitive Position in the
National and Global Economy —June 2006 (PDF: 76
pages, 997 KB)*
- The Innovation Economy: Protecting the Talent
Edge
Fifth in a series, this Economic Profile report finds that
the Bay Area has transformed itself, emerging from the recent high-tech boom
and bust, but cautions that it urgently needs more pathbreaking solutions and
investment in education, housing, and infrastructure to secure the foundation
for future success. —February 2006 (PDF: 64 pages,
975 KB)*
- Employer Mandates and the Health Care Crisis: Economic
Impacts in California and the Bay Area
Study Finds Government
Mandates Do Not Achieve Goal of Universal Health Care and Will Likely Cost Low
Wage Earners Jobs —January 2006 (PDF: 18 pages, 224 KB)*
- International Trade and the Bay Area Economy: Regional
Interests and Global Outlook 2005–2006
—July 2005 (82 pages,
1.7 MB)*
- Visas for Higher Education and Scientific Exchanges:
Balancing Security and Economic Competitiveness
A discussion about
the impact on economic competitiveness of visas and immigration policies
implemented since 9/11, particularly as they impact graduate students and
scientists coming to this country from overseas. —April 2005 (PDF: 18 pages,
369 KB)*
- One Million Jobs at Risk
The Future of
Manufacturing in California —March 2005 (PDF: 30
pages, 352 KB)*
- Economic Impacts of Competitive Air Service at
San Francisco International Airport
Growing air traffic at
SFO is a positive sign for the recovery of the Bay Area economy. —November
2004 (PDF: 8 pages 448 KB)*
- Lightning Strikes Twice: California Faces the Real Risk
of a Second Power Crisis
Taking the Right Steps to Ensure a
Powerful Future —August 2004 (PDF: 28 pages, 418 KB)*
- The Future of Bay Area Jobs: The Impact of Offshoring
and Other Key Trends
Study Finds Offshoring Less Important Than
Other Factors to Job Creation and Destruction in the Bay Area —July
2004 (PDF: 44 pages, 601 KB)*
- Supercenters and the Transformation of the Bay Area
Grocery Industry: Issues, Trends, and Impacts
This report on
supercenters (large discount stores that include full-scale groceries)
analyzes the regional impacts of these facilities, and the factors that local
governments and commuities whould take into account when considering
their siting. —January 2004 (PDF: 108 pages, 859 KB)*
- Nanotechnology in the San Francisco Bay Area:
Dawn
of a New Age First in the BASIC Science Futures series of reports
highlighting the local achievements and prospects in newly evolving areas of
scientific research that have the potential to stimulate new waves of
scientific and commercial success in the Bay Area. —January 2004 (PDF: 40 pages, 929
KB)*
- Downturn and Recovery: Restoring
Prosperity
Fourth in a series, this Economic Profile report
analyzes economic developments in the Bay Area since the decline in the
regional economy and the technology sector that began in 2001, including
continuing economic strengths, structural challenges and comparisons to other
major regions nationwide. —January 2004 (PDF: 36 pages,
8.0 MB)*
- Meeting the Challenge of Homeland Security,
2nd Edition
—October 2003 (PDF: 146 pages, 736 KB)*
The
first edition of this report, covering Highlights of the Bay Area’s
Research and Development Capabilities Related to the Critical Mission Areas of
the Department of Homeland Security, was issued in November 2002: (PDF: 51 pages,
487 KB)*
- California Is Still Coming Up Short on
Electricity:
The State’s power sector remains troubled and is at risk of a
future supply shortfall Fourth in a series on energy
issues. —May 2003 (PDF: 32 pages, 305 KB)*
- International Trade and the Bay Area Economy: Regional
Interests and Global Outlook 2003–2004
—January 2003 (84
pages, 2.4 MB)*
- California’s Energy Future: A Framework for an
Integrated Power Policy
Third in a series on energy
issues. —November 2002 (PDF: 36 pages, 170 KB)*
- The Economics of Electric System Municipalization:
Infrastructure Aquisition and its Effect on
Consumer Rates
The second in a series dealing with economic
issues surrounding the municipalization of electric power systems. —October
2002 (PDF: 27
pages, 428 KB)*
- Hetch Hetchy Water and the Bay Area
Economy
—October 2002 (PDF: 60 pages, 2.3 MB)*
- After the Bubble: Sustaining Economic
Prosperity
Bay Area Economic Profile, Third in a
Series —January 2002 (PDF: 32 pages, 243 KB)*
- After the Bubble Appendices to the January
2002 Economic Profile Report
Appendix A: Economic Performance and
Quality of Life Data (PDF: 37 pages, 118 KB)* Appendix B: Performance by Industry
Cluster (PDF: 43
pages, 174 KB)* Appendix C: Definitions, Methodology, and End Notes
(PDF: 13 pages, 43
KB)*
- Air Transport and the Bay Area Economy —
Crisis in
Air Travel: Weathering the Downturn —January 2002 (PDF: 23 pages, 249
KB)*
- California at a Crossroads: Options for the Long-Term
Reform of the Power Sector
Second in a series on energy
issues. —October 2001 (PDF: 60 pages, 329 KB)*
- The Economics of Electric System
Municipalization
The first in a series dealing with economic
issues surrounding the municipalization of electric power systems. —October
2001 (PDF: 40
pages, 194 KB)*
- International Trade and the Bay Area: Air Cargo,
Technology and the Economy of Silicon Valley
—September 2001 (PDF: 4 pages, 52
KB)*
- The Bay Area: A Knowledge Economy Needs
Power
A Report on California’s Energy Crisis and Its Impact on the
Bay Area Economy First in a series on energy issues. —April 2001 (PDF: 84 pages, 450
KB)*
- Air Transport and the Bay Area Economy
—Phase Two
—November 2000 (PDF: 52 pages, 653
KB)*
- Air Transport and the Bay Area Economy
—Phase One
—January 2000 (PDF: 57 pages, 596 KB)*
- The Bay Area: Winning in the New Global Economy
Bay Area Economic Profile, Second in a Series —September 1999
(PDF: 76 pages, 586
KB)*
The Forum
Reports
Discussions with the Bay Area Economic
Forum Board of Directors
- Technology Start-Ups and the Dynamics of Silicon
Valley
Volume Five, Number One, Winter 2005 Bay Area Economic
Forum Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network Public Policy Institute of
California (PDF: 12 pages, 240 KB)*
- Science, Technology and Innovation:
The Bay Area’s
Five New Research Centers Volume Four, Number Two, Winter
2003 Bay Area Economic Forum Bay Area Science and
Innovation Consortium (PDF: 16 pages, 200 KB)*
- Immigrant Entrepreneurs and the Bay Area
Economy:
How Human Capital from Asia Places the Bay Area at the Heart of
New Global Networks Volume Four, Number One, Spring 2003 Bay
Area Economic Forum Public Policy Institute of California (PDF: 16 pages,
295 KB)*
- From Boom to Recession: Assessing the Bay Area’s
Prospects for Recovery and Growth
Volume Three, Number Two, Fall
2001 Bay Area Economic Forum (PDF: 12 pages, 217 KB)*
- Technology and the Economy: Why the Bay Area Is the
Global Technology Leader and How to Keep It That Way
Volume Three,
Number One, Spring 2001 City of San Jose (PDF: 16 pages, 438
KB)*
- Managing Growth: Regional Challenges,
Regional Solutions?
Volume Two, Number Two, Summer
2000 Port of Oakland (PDF: 12 pages, 476 KB)*
- Housing & the Economy
Volume Two,
Number One, Winter 1999–2000 Port of Oakland (PDF: 12 pages, 137
KB)*
- Bay Area Mergers & Aquisitions: Do They
Matter?
Volume One, Number Two, February 24, 1999 Federal
Reserve Bank of San Francisco (PDF: 12 pages, 172 KB)*
- Global Financial Turmoil: Implications for the Bay
Area
Volume One, Number One, October 7, 1998 Stanford
University (PDF: 12
pages, 179 KB)*
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