Economic Impact Analysis (EIA), Cost-Benefit Analysis, Labor Market and Business Surveys

The Center for Professional Development (CPD) provides applied economic and business research services to those interested in having an economic impact analysis, cost-benefit study, or labor market/business survey conducted for their business, industry, or community.

What is Economic Impact Analysis?
An impact analysis provides information as to the economic impacts from new businesses, increases/reductions-in-force, closings of businesses or enterprises, business expansions, retail and residential developments, universities and colleges, hospitals, and entire industries and more.  The information is often used to understand economic development, target markets for particular goods or services, and has many other applications.

Examples of economic impact studies:

• Closing of Cannon Air Force Base (CAFB) on Curry County (NM), Lubbock MSA and Amarillo MSA (read my editorial that appeared in the Sunday, June 26, 2005 Lubbock Avalanche Journal and citation in Amarillo Globe News (6/24/05) )
• Economic impact of the SFA Nelson-Rusche College of Business on Nacogdoches County

Please feel free to contact me at (806) 742-3939.

Bradley T. Ewing, Ph.D.
Rawls Endowed Professor in Operations Management
Co-Director, Center for Professional Development
Jerry S. Rawls College of Business
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX 79409-2101

E-mail: bradley.ewing@ttu.edu