press release Special Survey Of Los Angeles County: Today’s Worries Darken Future Outlook In L.A. Mar 16, 2005
Report California’s Global Gateways: Trends and Issues By Jon D. Haveman, David Hummels Apr 14, 2004 The capacity and efficiency of seaports and airports have become critical factors in global trade. Such trade is especially important to California, whose ports are among the busiest in the nation. In California’s Global Gateways: Trends and Issues, Jon D. Haveman and David Hummels examine several aspects of the state’s trade traffic and infrastructure. Focusing on trends and forecasts in international shipping, the regional effects of serving as a global distribution center, the 2002 West Coast port closure, and policy responses to terrorist attacks, the report points to a complex policy question: Should California seek to increase shipments through its ports and cities or adopt policies that, in effect, encourage international cargo to go elsewhere? The answer to this question, the authors note, will shape California’s physical and economic landscape for decades to come.
Occasional Paper, Report In Search of Greater Policy Vision for Port Planning and Security By Jon D. Haveman Feb 6, 2004 Comments at an event entitled "Trade in a Turbulent World: the Outlook for California," hosted by the Bay Area Trade Center and the Public Policy Institute of California, San Francisco, California, February 6, 2004.
Report Business Without Borders? The Globalization of the California Economy By Howard J. Shatz Jun 17, 2003 State policymakers have long focused on boosting California exports and attracting foreign companies, but global economic integration is likely to provide new challenges and opportunities. This report describes California’s global exposure with special emphasis on goods and services trade, foreign direct investment, and port activity. It finds that the California economy does not differ markedly from the rest of the United States in some standard measures of economic globalization, but that California firms are at the leading edge of several emergent trends. Compared to the rest of the United States, California exports more services and manufactured goods, and its ports ship more exports by air than by land or sea. Also, California manufacturers are more likely to use production sharing than other U.S. firms.
press release Golden State of Mind: California Less Worried About Terror Attacks Than Rest of Nation Dec 5, 2002
