Research and Commentary

Michigan's Urban and Metropolitan Strategy

February 23, 2012

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Web Chat: States and the Economic Recovery

February 22, 2012, Jennifer Bradley

Great Lakes Monitor: Tracking Economic Recession and Recovery in the 21 Largest Metropolitan Areas of the Great Lakes Region

September 15, 2011, Jennifer Bradley and Richard Shearer

Boosting the Great Lakes International Economy

July 19, 2011, John C. Austin

Building Metropolitan Economies in the Great Lakes Region

June 17, 2011, Josh Hjartarson and Bruce Katz

Will Full Employment Ever Return to Detroit?

January 20, 2011, Howard Wial

The Next Economy: Economic Recovery and Transformation in the Great Lakes Region

September 27, 2010, John C. Austin, Jennifer Bradley and Jennifer S. Vey

How Metropolitan Areas in the Great Lakes Region Can Build on Exports

July 26, 2010, Jennifer Bradley, Emilia Istrate and Jonathan Rothwell

Drilling for Oil in the Great Lakes

June 10, 2010, John C. Austin

Turning up the Heat: How Venture Capital Can Help Fuel the Economic Transformation of the Great Lakes Region

January 29, 2010, Frank Samuel

Feds Pony Up Toward Great Lakes Water ‘Magic’

November 4, 2009, John C. Austin

Toward a New Frontier Improving the U.S.-Canadian Border

July 13, 2009, Christopher Sands

The Effects of 9/11 on Canadian-U.S. Trade: An Update through 2008

July 13, 2009, Steven Globerman and Paul Storer

The Vital Connection: Reclaiming Great Lakes Economic Leadership in the Bi-National U.S.-Canadian Region

March 24, 2008, John C. Austin, Britany Affolter-Caine and Elaine Dezenski

Place-Specific Benefits of Great Lakes Restoration

March 24, 2008, Soren Anderson, John C. Austin, Paul N. Courant and Robert E. Litan

"The Vital Center": A Federal-State Compact to Renew the Great Lakes Region

October 1, 2007, John C. Austin

Great Lakes: Healthy Waters, Strong Economy

September 2007, John C. Austin

Preserving the Vital Center: Renew the Economy of the Industrial Heartland

2007, Bruce Katz, John C. Austin and Paul Dimond