Background
Prof. Richard Weisskoff is an Associate
Professor in the School
of International Studies at the University
of Miami. He computed the regional economic impacts for the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers' Restudy, and he is a member of the Full Cost
Accounting Committee of the Governor's Council for a Sustainable South
Florida.
He has taught economics at Yale, Iowa
State, and Bar Ilan University (Israel) before coming to UM. He has been a
visiting professor at Notre Dame, American University, and universities in
Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Peru. He has served as a consultant to the United
Nations, the InterAmerican Development Bank, Harvard Institute for
Economic Development, and the Department of Agriculture.
Prof. Weisskoff's basic economic model,
which includes income distribution and consumption patterns, is best
explained in his book, Factories and Food Stamps: The Puerto Rico Model
of Development, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1985.
Communication
Please communicate directly with Prof. Weisskoff at (305)
284-6864 or via e-mail: rwecon@gate.net.
The
Everglades Economics Program
A research and teaching effort which focuses on the interaction of the ecology and
economy in South Florida. Our research tools are the latest nationally-available computer
models, adapted and modified for the 16 counties that cover the greater Everglades
ecosystem, plus our own leg-work, on-site observation, and common sense.
• The
Everglades Economics Program
Teaching
The primary teaching component of the
Everglades Economics Program, a freshman Seminar on the Everglades Economic
Problems (FSS199), is offered through the University of Miami's School
of International Studies.
• FSS199 -
A Freshman
Seminar on the Everglades Economic Problems
Research Papers
• Missing
Pieces in Ecosystem Restoration: The Case of the Florida Everglades
Economic Systems Research, VoL 12, No. 3, 2000
RICHARD WEISSKOFF
(Received January 1999; revised November 1999)
ABSTRACT The largest ecosystem restoration in the
world-a $7.8 billion rescue package-is now beginning in the Florida
Everglades. This paper examines both the economic impact of the
restoration itself and those pieces that are 'missing' from the official
project analysis; namely, increased tourism, urban construction,
in-migration, and changing agricultural patterns. These pieces
comprise a variety of scenarios that are tested for a 45 year
planning period with an augmented input-output model derived from a regional
SAM. The new output and employment generated by the 'missing pieces',
which are small relative to the vast economic base of the region,
do represent a considerable increase over the annual growth,
especially by the year 2045. We conclude with a discussion of ways
in which a growing regional economy might be reconciled with ecosystem
restoration.
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• "Contradictions
between Economic Growth and Ecosystem Restoration: the Case of the Florida
Everglades,"
Prof. Weisskoff's research paper, was chosen as one of five plenary
papers presented at the 12th International Conference on Input-Output
Techniques, New York, N.Y., May 18-22, 1998. The study was also presented
at the National IMPLAN Users' Conference, Washington, D.C., Oct 15-16,
1998, at the 5th Biennial Conference of the International Society for
Ecological Economics, Santiago, Chile, Nov.15-19, 1998, and at
International Congress on Ecosystem Health, Sacramento, Calf., Aug. 15-20,
1999.
• "Is
South Florida Sustainable?"
Professor Weisskoff's recent paper, was presented at the REMI
(Regional Economic Modeling, Inc.) Conference at the Northeast Florida
Regional Planning Council, Jacksonville, Fl., May 18, 1999.
Credit:
Everglades photograph courtesy USGS
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