Speaker: Philip Resnick, University of British Columbia, and author of The Politics of Resentment: British Columbia Regionalism and Canadian Unity

"Myths and Realities About
Western Alienation"
 

Gary Kamimura, Washington State Employment Security Department
"A Labour Market and Economic Comparison of Rural and Urban Washington"

Jane Field, Washington State Employment Security Department
"WorkFirst Longitudinal Study"

Riley Moore, Washington State University
"Labour Trends in the Washington State Landscape and Maintenance Industry"
 
 

William Beyers, University of Washington
"Services and the New Economy: Elements of a Research Agenda"

Erling Johnson and Lorrie Jo Brown, Washington State Department of Revenue
"Do Tax Incentives Work? Impact of High-Tech R&D Tax Incentives on the Washington Economy"

Katherine Richardson, University of British Columbia
"NAFTA and High-Tech Industry Labour in the Cascadia Region"
 

John Schofield and Gurmit Sandhu, University of Victoria
"Modelling Provincial and Sub-regional Economies: A Computable General Equilibrium Approach"

Hungarian Academy of Sciences
"Agriculture and Environment as Hungary Approaches EU Membership"

Ben Frerichs, Economic Consulting Services, Seattle
"Integration of Economic and Land Use Planning"

Peter Mills, Perrin Thorau & Associates, and Randy Armour, Dye Management Group Inc.
"Maximising the Use of Constrained Cash Resources in U.S. State Highway Development."
 

Panel:

Thomas Power, University of Montana
John Brower, Montana Tech
Frederich Wolf, University of Puget Sound
Mark Reiman, Pacific Lutheran University
Lorne Grasley, Mining Association of British Columbia
 

Alexander Rubenstein, Washington State Employment Security Department
"Limits of Growth and Turning Points in Employment Projections"

Scott Bailey, Washington State Employment Security Department
"Hourly Wage Trends in Washington State: Medians, Distributions, and Wage Ladders in the 1990s"
 

Steve Smith, Washington State Department of Revenue
"Cruising Rail and Road: Economic Activity in Puget Sound Transit Corridors"

Darren Prokop, University of Alaska - Anchorage
"Air Cargo Development at Anchorage International Airport"

Ken Casavant, Washington State University, Jerry Lenzi, Washington State Department of Transportation, and Denver Tolliver, North Dakota State University
"Investment and Economic Impacts of Heavy Cars on Regional Railroads"

Melissa Miller, Whatcom Council of Governments
"International Mobility and Trade Corridor Project"
 
 

Liz Gilliland, Deputy Minister of Women's Equality,
British Columbia
"Workplace Excellence: How to Get and Keep Staff in the New Millennium"

Panel B4: Chelsea/Derby Rooms
Welfare Reform

The panel looks at recent welfare reforms by state and provincial governments in the Pacific Northwest, and assesses the impacts on workers and the economy.

Chair/Organizer: Bill Warburton, British Columbia Ministry of Social Development and Economic Security

Panel:

Annette Case, Economic Opportunity Institute
Marieka Klawitter, University of Washington
Greg Weeks, Washington State Employment Security Department
Jeff Smith, University of Western Ontario
Alec McBeath, British Columbia Ministry of Social Development and Economic Security
 
 

Matthew Roelofs and Todd Sorensen, Western Washington University
"Public Ownership and Competition in the Cable Television Market"

Charles L. Sauvie, Former member of PNREC Board
"The Economics of Energy Issues"
 
 

Klaus Wallner, Oregon State University
"Trading Up or Trading Down? The Effect of Foreign Environmental, Labour and Food Safety Standards on Domestic Standards"

Sally Easley Hays, California State University at Fresno
"Eco-Labelling and Market Coordination"
 

CHAIR: Art Harnisch, Art Harnisch & Associates

Douglas Orr, Eastern Washington University
"The Social Security Reform Debate: Effects of Institutional Changes in Financial Markets"

Tomas Mosquera, Washington State University
"Evaluating Dollarization"

Grant D. Forsyth, Eastern Washington University
"Who is Lending to Whom? An Evaluation of Business Lending by For-Profit and Non-Profit Financial Institutions in Washington State in the 1990s"
 
 

9:00-10:15 am Plenary panel: Ballroom

The Pacific Northwest Economic Outlook

CHAIR: Gary Smith, Washington State University

Alberta - Bob Fox, Fox Consulting
Montana - Paul Polzin, University of Montana
Oregon - Tom Potiowsky, Oregon Office of Economic Analysis
Idaho - Derek Santos, Idaho Division of Financial Management
Washington - Bret Bertolin - Washington State Office of the Forecast Council
British Columbia - Chris Lawless, Ministry of Finance and Corporate Relations
 

John Newcomb, University of Victoria
"Energy Geography of the Pacific Northwest - Changing Landscapes of Power"

Zena Cook and Scott Urban, Idaho Department of Water Resources, Molly Maupin, U.S. Geological Survey, Roni Pratt, COMPASS, and John Church, Idaho Economics
"Domestic, Commercial and Industrial Water Use Assessment and Forecast in the Treasure Valley, Idaho"
 
 

Virginia Junk and Sandra Cann, University of Idaho
"Non-Metropolitan Resort Communities: Where Older Residents Choose to Stop"
 

Chair/Organizer: Paul Sommers, University of Washington

Panel:

Annabel K. Cook, Washington State University
Doug Taylor, Vancouver Island Advanced Technology Centre
Christian Kaylor, Oregon Department of Labour
 
 

Panel D4: Victorian Room

New Data for the New Economy
Chair/Organizer: Gary Smith, Washington State University

Panel:

Hugh Knox, Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Deprtment of Commerce
Philip Smith, Statistics Canada
 

Chair: Carol Frketich, co-chair of PNREC 2001 Program Committee

Speaker: Peter Kuhn, University of California at Santa Barbara

"The Labour Market and the Internet"
 
 

CHAIR: Robert Bennett, British Columbia Assets and Land Corporation

Gary Smith, Washington State University
"A New Edition and Additions to NIIP: The WSU Northwest Income Indicators Project"

Brian P. Holly and Daniel Burghart, Oregon Department
Of Economic and Community Development
"Industrial Composition and Economic Diversity Among Western States in the U.S."

Steven Peterson and Mike DiNoto, University of Idaho
"An Economy Trapped by the Past: The Declining Economic Base of North-central Idaho"

Thomas M. Power, University of Montana
"Economic Structure, Economic Density, and Pay: Explaining Low Pay and Income in the Non-Metro West"
 

CHAIR: Lorrie Jo Brown, Washington State Department of Revenue

Leslie Lahndt, Washington State Department of Transportation
"A Model for Increased Accountability and Performance Measurement in the Roadway Preservation Program for the State of Washington Department of Transportation"

Rebecca Warburton, University of Victoria
"British Columbia's Medical Services Plan Premium Assistance Program: Does it help those who need it?"

Scott Benson, Gregory Green, Cynthia Hill and Michael Wheatley, Idaho State University
"The Economic Impact of a Growing Institution of Higher Education on the Regional and State Economy: A Case Study of Idaho State University"

Ying Kong, University College of the Cariboo
"Welfare Loss with Persistent Dumping in an Oligopoly"
 
 

Panel E3: Chelsea/Derby Rooms

Combatting Urban Sprawl in the Pacific Northwest

Chair/Organizer: Chris Lawless, British Columbia Ministry of Finance and Corporate Relations and conference chair.

Panel:

David Baxter, Urban Futures Institute, Vancouver
Anthony Rufolo, Portland State University
Ben Frerichs, Economic Consulting Services, Seattle
Geoffrey Young, Discovery Economic Consulting, Victoria
Gene Miller, New Landmarks, Victoria

Organizer: David Gray, British Columbia Ministry of Employment and Investment

Panel:

Darren Prokop, University of Alaska - Anchorage (chair)
Tae Oum, University of British Columbia
Michael Tretheway, InterVistas Consulting
Greg Saretsky, Alaska Airlines

Chair: Peter Ostergaard, B.C. Utilities Commission

Panel:

Bev Van Ruyven, B.C. Hydro
Kelly Cairns, Cominco
Bob Foulkes, Westcoast Energy
Jim Robb, McKinsey & Company

Panel:

Terry Morlan, Northwest Power Planning Council
Thomas Power, University of Montana
Sam Van Vactor, Economic Insights
 

Anthony M. Rufolo, and Jihong Zhang, Portland State University
"Convenience and the Benefits From Roadway Capacity"

Debra Fogarty and Thea Mounts, Washington State Office of Financial Management
"Intrastate Migration Among Washington's Low-Income Population"
 

Panel F3: Executive Club

Performance Management and Accountability Reporting for Governments: Is it working?
Organizer: Su-lin Shum, B.C. Govt Consulting Group

Chair:  Peter Gregory  - Assistant Auditor General, BC

Panel:
Jim Cutt, University of Victoria
Les McAdams, Director, BC Government Consulting Group,
Bill Reid, Senior Manager, Consulting, Grant Thornton LLP
 

Dae Baek, Suzanne Porter, and Tom Potiowsky, Oregon Office of Economic Analysis
"Do Higher Incarceration Rates Lead to Lower Crime Rates? Evidence for Six Western States"

Scott Merryman, University of Oregon
"An Econometric Analysis of Public and Private Prisons"

Shafin Ali, Spokane Falls Community College
"The 'Informal' Underground Economy: A Third World Perspective"
 
 

Chair/Organizer: Steven Globerman, Western Washington University

Paul Sommers, University of Washington
"Economic Impacts of Harvest Reductions in the Spotted Owl Region"

Richard Schwindt, Simon Fraser University
"Making the Best of a Bad Situation: Canada's Policy Options in the Softwood Lumber Dispute"

John Perez-Garcia, University of Washington
"The Positive Effects of the Accelerated Tariff Liberalization Policy on the Pacific Northwest Forest Sector"
 

Michael J. Scott, Lance W. Vail and John A. Jaksch, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and Claudio O. Stockle, Washington State University
"Regional Climate Forecasts and Water Markets in Irrigated Agriculture"

Marcy Ostrom, Washington State University
"Civic Agriculture: Evolving Mutually Supportive Economic Relationships Among Communities and Agriculture Producers"

Richard W. Carkner and Riley Moore, Washington State University
"Economic Dimensions of Washington's Green Industry"

Concurrent session G3: Executive Club

Health

CHAIR: Rebecca Warburton, University of Victoria

Don Holley, Boise State University
"Behavioural Risk Factor Surveillance System"

Sylvie Daigneault, Privy Council Office, Government of Canada
"Health Care Systems: An International Comparison"

Lynne Bownds, Eastern Washington University
"Voting on the Washington State Health Services Act"

David Bunting, Eastern Washington University
"Structural Estimates of County Health Insurance Coverage"
 

Panel:

Hugh Knox, U.S. Department of Commerce
Philip Smith, Statistics Canada
Bret Bertolin, Washington State Office of the Forecast Council
Tom Potiowsky, Oregon Office of Economic Analysis
 

10:30-11:30 am The Charles Tiebout Lecture - Ballroom

The conference's founder is honoured in this annual lecture on regional economic growth and development.

Speaker: Peter H. Pearse, Professor Emeritus,
University of British Columbia

"Natural Resources in Canada-U.S. Relations"