Upcoming Event
  • The Bay Area Council Economic Institute invites you to a presentation and discussion of its breakthrough analysis on the Bay Area's evolving economic ties with Europe. This program for Bay Area Council members, taking place on May 1, 2014 in San Francisco, is open to all Economic Institute friends and partners.
    For more information, please see the PDF invitation, and please use the following link to register: https://bacei-eureport2.eventbrite.com.
Just Released
  • Europe and the Bay Area: Investing in Each Other is a break-through analysis on the Bay Area's deepening and evolving economic ties with Europe.
    —April 2014 (PDF: 62 pages, 6.2 MB)
Featured Publications
  • An Assessment of Public-Private Partnership Opportunities for the Proposed Extension of the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center to the Mission Bay Area of San Francisco
    This report, prepared for the Northern California Institute for Research and Education, the research arm of the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center (SFVAMC), assesses the potential for the VA to pilot an alternative financing and execution strategy around the proposed SFVAMC Extension, using a public-private partnership (P3) procurement.
    —March 2014 (PDF: 52 pages, 4.3 MB)
  • Ties That Bind, 2014 Edition: The San Francisco Bay Area's Economic Links to Greater China
    In this new edition of Ties That Bind, the Economic Institute once again highlights for businesses and policymakers the key market dynamics, deals, firms and innovators that form the close and lasting economic bond between the San Francisco Bay Area and China.
    —January 2014: Full Report (PDF: 148 pages, 9.6 MB)
    —January 2014: Executive Summary Only (PDF: 8 pages, 141 KB)
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The Bay Area Council Economic Institute is a partnership of business with labor, government, higher education, and philanthropy, that works to support the economic vitality and competitiveness of the Bay Area and California. Its work builds on the twenty-year record of fact-based economic analysis and policy leadership of the Bay Area Economic Forum, which merged with the Bay Area Council in January 2008.

The Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) is a founder and key institutional partner. The Economic Institute also supports and manages the Bay Area Science and Innovation Consortium (BASIC), a partnership of Northern California’s leading scientific research universities and federal and private research laboratories.

Through its economic and policy research and its many partnerships, the Economic Institute addresses key issues impacting the competitiveness, economic development, and quality of life of the region and the state, including infrastructure, globalization, science and innovation, energy, and governance. A public-private Board of Trustees oversees the development of its products and initiatives.

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