Analyzing and Accounting for Regional Economic Growth
MIT OpenCourseWare offers this graduate course on regional economic growth, restructuring, and innovation, covering both industrialized and emerging economies. Lectures and readings examine how regions transform through knowledge, learning, and shifts in production, with particular attention to measurement and accounting methods used in spatial economic analysis. Readings draw mainly on the United States, while lectures bring in comparative material from other countries. The course is aimed at students in urban studies, planning, and engineering systems who want to understand how economists and planners track and explain uneven regional development. Materials include the syllabus, lecture topics, and reading lists as published by MIT, letting learners work through the same course structure used on campus at no cost, with no certificate offered.