Candi Clouse, PhD
Articles
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Considering the Environmental Impact of Proposed Expansion
INTRODUCTION We all know that new businesses and increased operations will bring a positive economic impact to a region. The environmental impact data in IMPLAN can now shed light on the associated...
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Occupation Data Use Cases
Developing Targeted Job Training Initiatives with Regional Strengths & WeaknessesPreparing the local workforce to fill the jobs that local businesses have open (or will have open in the future) can...
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Pandemic: Additional Considerations when Modeling the Coronavirus
INTRODUCTIONAs the world continues to see changes stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, more questions arise on best practices for how to look at the economic impact of the latest developments using...
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Industry Aggregation
INTRODUCTION Industry Aggregation allows users to combine IMPLAN Industries together by creating their own Custom Aggregation Scheme or using one of the pre-built 2-digit or 3-digit North American ...
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Taxes: The Basics of the Breaks
INTRODUCTION Every analysis in IMPLAN will give you tax results. However, often times analysts wish to to examine the effect of a tax break or tax incentive on their regional economy. Modeling tax ...
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Considering the Purpose of an Analysis
INTRODUCTION It is always smart to consider ALL potential audiences for your study. Ultimately, doing so may help you recognize the level of detail in which your final report should describe your s...
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Using the Event Template
INTRODUCTIONIMPLAN allows users to upload any Event type using the Event template. Event templates can be used to create Events, create Groups, and assign Events to Groups outside of IMPLAN for imp...
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Construction: Building Across Years
INTRODUCTIONConstruction is a tricky thing to consider when modeling economic impacts. While the considerations to analyze are outlined in Construction: Building the Right Model, this article will ...
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Surveying for Input-Output
INTRODUCTION Surveys are a great way to gather information about a group of people. Surveys are also a fantastic method for gathering information to use as data for input-output analysis. You may...
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Scaling Groups & Events
INTRODUCTION IMPLAN is an annual, linear model. This means that analyzing $100 would yield the same Results as analyzing $1 and multiplying the results by 100 in a single Region analysis. The scali...