Alaska Economic Analyses and Projections
Publications, Presentations, and Current Research Projects
Fiscal Policy Publications and Presentations
Publications and Presentations
Anchorage Port Intermodal Expansion Program (PIEP) Benefit Cost Analysis of
Proposed TIGER Discretionary Grant Funds. September 2009. By Scott Goldsmith and Tobias Schwoerer. Accompanying workbook.
Benefits of the Cook Inlet Ferry to the Municipality of Anchorage. June 2009. Steve Colt, Nick Szymoniak.
Economic Analysis of Future Offshore Oil & Gas Development: Beaufort Sea, Chukchi Sea, and North Aleutian Basin. March 2009. Scott Goldsmith and Northern Economics.
How Oil Has Transformed the Alaska Economy. April 2009. Presentation by Scott Goldsmith.
Alaska's Construction Spending 2009 Forecast. By Scott Goldsmith and Mary Killorin.
What Drives Alaska's Economy? December 2008. By Scott Goldsmith.
Summary or Full report
Benefit-Cost Assessment of the Port MacKenzie Rail Extension. June 2008. By Steve Colt and Nick Szymoniak.
Economic Impacts of the South Denali Implementation Plan. By Steve Colt, Nick Szymoniak, and Ginny Fay. February 2008.
The Regional Economy of Southeast Alaska by Ginny Fay and Steve Colt. PDF. March 2007.
Understanding Alaska's Remote Rural Economy- Summary. April 2007. By Scott Goldsmith
Alaska's Construction Spending 2008 Forecast. By Scott Goldsmith and Mary Killorin.
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport: Economic Significance 2007. September 2007. By Scott Goldsmith and Mary Killorin.
Fiscal and Economic Analysis of Homer Town Square Proposed Development Alternatives. PDF. April 2003. By Steve Colt.
The Foraker Group Report on the Alaska Nonprofit Economy Report appendix
Measuring the Uninsured and Implications of Cost-Shifting. An ISER page with health care related reports.
Alaska's Construction Spending . January 2007. PDF.By Scott Goldsmith and Mary Killorin.
$1.5 Billion and Growing: Economic Contribution of Older Alaskans. By Scott Goldsmith and Jane Angvik. UA Research Summary No. 7. September 2006. Snapshot of Alaska's Economy. A presentation by Steve Colt to the AFN Leadership Forum. July 6, 2006.
The Economic Importance of Alaska Labor Union Pension Funds. By Scott Goldsmith. June 2006
The Economic Benefits of Public Transportation in Anchorage. By Scott Goldsmith, Mary Killorin, Eric Larson. May 2006
Final Report on Establishing Affordability Standards for Residental Local Standard Phone Service Rates. By Bradford Tuck. June 2006.
2006 Alaska Construction Spending Forecast. By Scott Goldsmith and Mary Killorin. February 2006.
Alaska in the 21st Century. A presentation to the Alaska Housing Finance Coporation. By Scott Goldsmith. February 2006.
Low Cost, Reliable Power: How does Anchorage Compare? Research Summary No. 64. PDF. By Steve Colt. December 2005
Memorandum on the Economic and Demographic Impacts of a Knik Arm Bridge. September 2005. PDF. By Scott Goldsmith.
Economics of UA and the UMed District. December 2004. PDF. By Scott Goldsmith.
The Economics of University Research. June 2004. PDF. Scott Goldsmith and Pam Cravez.
Economic Significance of the Alaska Railroad. December 2004. 175KB PDF. By Bradford Tuck and Mary Killorin. Full Report or Summary.
2005 Alaska Construction Spending Forecast. January 2005. 48KB PDF. By Scott Goldsmith and Mary Killorin.
Economic Considerations in Thinking About United States Marine Aquaculture. Presentation by Gunnar Knapp to NOAA's Marine Fisheries Advisory Commission. August 2004.
Federal Spending and Revenues In Alaska. Learn more about the flow of federal money in and out of Alaska. Summary. November 2003. By Scott Goldsmith and Eric Larson.
Economic Impact of the 2001 Special Olympics World Winter Games Alaska. June 2002. 6 MB Word document. By Scott Goldsmith, Virgene Hanna, Rosyland Frazier, and others.
Fostering Alaska Business Development. Presented by Chancellor Gorsuch to Commonwealth North and the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce with research assistance provided by ISER. March 2002. PowerPoint version PDF version
An Evaluation of the Economic Impact of the September 2001 Kodiak Star Launch. This summary describes the economic impacts on Kodiak and Alaska of the launch of the Kodiak Star (four satellites). 2MB PDF. January 2002. By Alexandra Hill.
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport: Economic Significance 2000. 1MB PDF. July 2001 By Scott Goldsmith.
What's the Economic Value of Alaska's Healthy Ecosystems? Research Summary No. 61. PDF. March 2001.By Steve Colt. .
The Economic Importance of Healthy Alaska Ecosystems. PDF. January 2001. By Steve Colt.
ANILCA and the Seward Economy. An assessment of how the 1980 establishment of the Kenai Fjords National Park and the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge has since affected the economy of Seward, a small community on Resurrection Bay. 183KB PDF file. January 2001. By Scott Goldsmith and Stephanie Martin.
The Alaska Wood Products Industry in 2001. This report highlights pertinent issues and summarizes current information available about the Alaska forest products industry. PDF. By Amy Witta.
Economics of Sport Fishing in Alaska. PDF. December 1999. By Sharman Haley, Matthew Berman, Scott Goldsmith, Alexandra Hill, and Hongjin Kim.
The Economic Significance of the Power Cost Equalization Program. PDF. November 1998. By Scott Goldsmith.
Economic Assessment of Bristol Bay Area National Wildlife Refuges: Alaska Peninsula/ Becharof, Izembek, Togiak. Final Draft. PDF.December 1998. By Oliver Scott Goldsmith, Alexandra Hill, and Teresa Hull.
The Economic Significance of the Power Cost Equalization Program. PDF. November 1998. By Scott Goldsmith.
Expanding Job Opportunities for Alaska Natives. PDF. November 1998. By G. Williamson McDiarmid, Scott Goldsmith, Mary Killorin, Suzanne Sharp, and others.
Anchorage International Airport 1998 Economic Significance. HTM. September 1998. By Scott Goldsmith.
Going Private: The 1968 Sale of The Alaska Communication System. Research Summary No. 59. PDF. December 1997.
Economic Effects of Management Changes for Kenai River Late-Run Sockeye. Executive Summary. PDF. January 1996. Based on report of the same title. By multiple authors.
Economic Development Performance Indicators: 3 Briefing Papers. July 2004. By Scott Goldsmith, Lance Howe, Mary Killorin, Linda Leask, Stephanie Martin, Jerry Brian
Economic Consequences of the 1989-90 Mt. Redoubt Eruptions. June 1992. By Bradford Tuck, Lee Huskey and Liz Talbot.
Effects of Transfers on Remote Regional Economies: The Transfer Economy in Rural Alaska. July 1987. By Gunnar Knapp and Lee Huskey.
Current Research Projects
Northrim Research on the Future of Alaska's Economy. Researchers will review and analyze alternative economic development strategies in light of Alaska's unique economic structure and emerging global economy, identify strong and weak points in each economic development strategy or path suggested or advocated for Alaska. Funding agency: University of Alaska Foundation, Northrim Bank.
Potential Applications of Experimental Social Science to Alaska. Funding agency:UA Foundation
Economic Analysis of Future Offshore Oil and Gas Development: Researchers will assist agency in preparing an economic analysis of future offshore oil and gas development in Beaufort and Chukchi Seas and N Aleutian Basin. Researchers will also develop scenarios for use in manpower models and the MAP model; update and calibrate MAP model. Funding agency: Northern Economics/Shell
Beringia Record of Trade. Funding agency:National Park Service
Economic Projections
Economic Projections for Alaska and the Southern Railbelt 2005-2030. HTML. September 2005. By Scott Goldsmith.
Economic Projections for Alaska and the Southern Railbelt 2004-2030. HTML. November 2004. By Scott Goldsmith.
2004 Anchorage Economic Forecast. Power Point. By Scott Goldsmith