Frederick R. Treyz is CEO of Regional Economic Models, Inc. (REMI). Dr. Treyz holds a Ph.D. in Regional Science from the University of Pennsylvania, and a B.A. in Economics from Princeton University. He has over fifteen years of experience in applied urban and regional economics, including work in transportation, productivity, tax analysis, and economic impact analysis. Publications include articles on interregional trade, transportation analysis, and utility restructuring.
As CEO of REMI, Dr. Treyz is responsible for all aspects of the nation’s leading regional forecasting and policy analysis modeling firm, including maintaining the highest-quality consultation on the use of state and local macroeconomic models for energy, environmental, economic development, and other policies that affect the economy. During his time as CEO, Dr. Treyz has overseen the annual data update and delivery of over 100 economic models. He is also responsible for supervising all REMI Consulting, Inc. projects, including working directly with clients to ensure the most accurate result from the REMI model. Currently Dr. Treyz is leading the development of REMI’s core economic models, TranSight and Policy Insight.
Dr. Treyz has also developed a modeling strategy and business plan to enter the European market. Under his leadership REMI has covered eight language zones with multilingual staff and developed and implemented modeling methodologies to encompass data and economic structures of European economies. REMI’s work in Europe includes models for the European Commission.
His current research is in “New Economic Geography,” and his most recent publication, entitled “An Evolutionary New Economic Geography Model,” was published in the Journal of Regional Science. This research has resulted in the New Economic Geography version of the REMI Policy Insight model, the most substantial revision to the REMI model since its initial development in 1980. The new version includes new trade flow estimation methodology, agglomeration economies in product and labor markets, and an explicit spatial dimension. Leadership of this project included development of the original conceptual framework, co-authorship of the theoretical model structure, and empirical research.