analysis of infrastructure spending

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jclements

• May 22, 2012 21:13

I am interested in conducting a study on the economic impacts of different types of stormwater infrastructure in a large city. I haven't used IMPLAN in awhile so I wanted to verify that IMPLAN is the right tool for this. I know the spending amounts for different scenarios and I can map them to different economic sectors. The money for the different spending scenarios will likely come from relatively small rate increases to the customer base. We want to see which alternative is the most beneficial for the local economy in terms of the types of jobs filled. Even though this is not necessarily new money coming into the economy, I can still use IMPLAN to assess the relative economic benefits of each alternative, correct? Do I need to compare it to a baseline of no rate increases? If so, how would I do that?

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  ScottL

  • May 22, 2012 23:37

  Yes, you can do that. Essentially, your impact is the value above the baseline.

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