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  • Tax and FiscalFlorida||FL2009

    Economic Impact Analysis of Florida’s Manufacturing Sector

    Florida TaxWatch conducted a study on the total contribution to the state of Florida of its manufacturing sector that used the REMI econometric impact model to analyze the manufacturing sector’s future potential effect on Florida’s economy. Analysts developed three potential scenarios to assess the sector’s future, whi…

  • Energy and EnvironmentCalifornia||CA2009

    Final Socioeconomic Assessment for Proposed Rule 1144-Vanishing Oils and Rust Inhibitors

    Using the REMI model, the South Coast Air Quality Management District assessed the secondary and induced impacts of Proposed Rule 1144, which established volatile organic compounds limits for vanishing oils and rust inhibitors and required that containers for vanishing oils and rust inhibitors display the date of manuf…

  • Energy and EnvironmentCalifornia||CA2009

    Final Socioeconomic Report for Proposed Amended Rule 1156-Further Emission Reductions from Aggregate and Cement Manufacturing

    The proposed amendments to Rule 1156-Further Emission Reductions from Aggregate and Cement Manufacturing would reduce particulate matter as well as hexavalent chromium emissions from cement manufacturing facilities. A socioeconomic assessment was conducted by the South Coast Air Quality Management District using the RE…

  • TransportationFlorida||FL2009

    2035 Long Range Transportation Plan

    REMI Policy Insight was used by the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council in their joint report with the University of Florida Geoplan Center to calculate the employment effects and projections for two land use scenarios for a 10-county region in Central Florida. The first scenario, the Trend, illustrated futu…

  • Energy and EnvironmentMaine||ME2009

    Economic Impacts of the Proposed Maine Power Reliability Program

    The Maine Power Reliability Program sought out to significantly revamp much of the high voltage transmission system in central and southern Maine so as to increase reliability in the future and to meet Federal standards for the nation’s electricity grid. The estimation of economic impacts from this project was done usi…

  • Labor and WorkforceFlorida||FL2009

    Economic Analysis of a Hurricane Event in Hillsborough County, Florida: Category 3 and 5 Hurricane Events

    This report was created by the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council to present the results of an economic impact analysis of a simulated catastrophic event(s) in Hillsborough County, Florida. Four scenarios were analyzed and modeled for this study: Category 5 Hurricane with Normal Recovery Rates, Category 5 Hurricane wi…

  • TransportationNew Mexico||NM2009

    The Economic Impact of Improved Network Efficiency and Operations and Maintenance Spending Due to the New Mexico Rail Runner Express

    This report documented an analysis performed by The Mid-Region Council of Governments regarding the economic impact of the New Mexico Rail Runner Express to the region it served using the REMI TranSight model. For this project, a five-region model was developed that included Bernalillo, Sandoval, Valencia, and Santa Fe…

  • TransportationConnecticut||CT2009

    The Economic and Fiscal Impacts of Alternative Buildouts Associated with the Interstate 84/Route 8 Interchange Reconfiguration

    The Connecticut Department of Transportation requested that the Department of Economic and Community Development perform an economic and fiscal impact analysis of future, hypothetical land development and buildout scenarios for two conceptual Interstate 84/Route 8 interchange “Build” configurations defined in a previou…

  • Consulting & AdvisingWest Virginia||WV2009

    Regional Economic Impacts of a Toll Road in West Virginia: A REMI Model Approach

    Due to little available information on regional economic effects of a toll road using toll rate scenarios, this paper was created to explore the economic impacts of a toll road under different scenarios using the REMI model. The report forecasted annual toll transactions and revenue estimations for the 2009-2030 period…

  • TransportationDistrict of Columbia||DC2009

    Contribution of Honda to the Economies of Seven States and the United States

    The purpose of this study was to quantify the employment and economic contributions of Honda’s multi-line operations and associated retail operations for Honda and Acura products by the end of 2007. The first section of the study estimated the contribution of Honda’s U.S. operations and dealership partners to the econo…

  • Consulting & AdvisingConnecticut||CT2008

    Measuring the Economic Impact of the NEEWS Project in Connecticut and Western Massachusetts

    This study demonstrated the economic impact of proposed improvements to the electricity transmission system in Connecticut and Western Massachusetts for the New England East-West Solution transmission project. REMI used the Policy Insight model developed specifically for the state of Connecticut and Western Massachuset…

  • Economic Development, Planning, ForecastingLouisiana||LA2008

    Crowding Out in New Orleans: Relief-Related Wage Effects on Investment?

    The REMI Policy Insight model was applied to this study analyzing the appropriate level to which relief agencies should be involved in the rebuilding efforts of areas which have been affected by a natural disaster. The above-average wages paid by relief agencies in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in the New Orleans metro…

  • Tax and FiscalMassachusetts||MA2008

    Estimating the Impact of the Massachusetts Film Production Tax Incentives: A Preliminary Analysis

    The REMI model simulated the structure of and interrelationships among the various parts of the Massachusetts economy for the Department of Revenue’s hypothetical “dynamic” analysis of the Massachusetts film industry tax incentives. For this type of analysis, the REMI model required that assumptions be made regarding t…

  • Economic Development, Planning, ForecastingMichigan||MI2008

    Seeking Economic Sustainability: The Economic and Demographic Outlook for Michigan and Its Counties to 2035

    The Institute for research on Labor, Employment, and the Economy at the University of Michigan used the REMI model to complete their forecasts for the Michigan Department of Transportation and this report summarized the procedures and broad results fro the most current outlook at the time. The forecasts were very detai…

  • Tax and FiscalFlorida||FL2008

    Economic Impact of Property Tax Cut with and without Changing Sales Tax

    The Florida REMI econometric model was used to model the economic impact of two primary scenarios across the Florida economy. The first scenario adjusted property tax rates from a “rollback” perspective that examined both property tax reductions to residential and commercial sectors of the economy. The second scenario …