Featured Publications
  • In the Fast Lane: Improving Reliability, Stabilizing Local Funding, and Enabling the Transportation Systems of the Future in Alameda County analyzes Alameda County's transportation system and its role in regional mobility, with a particular focus on the County's Transportation Expenditure Plan.
    —July 2014 (PDF: 76 pages, 14.8 MB)
  • UC Berkeley: Stimulating Entrepreneurship in the Bay Area and Nationwide documents the economic contributions of companies founded by UC Berkeley students, alumni and faculty.
    —May 2014 (PDF: 64 pages, 3.2 MB)
  • Full Practice Authority for Nurse Practitioners Increases Access and Controls Cost
    This Spotlight brief highlights one of the most effective steps that states can take to increase the supply of primary care providers.
    —April 2014: Spotlight Brief (PDF: 2 pages, 855 KB)
    —April 2014: Technical Appendix (PDF: 20 pages, 434 KB)
  • 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 evaluates the feasibility of moving the research and clinical activities of the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center (currently located at Fort Miley in northwest San Francisco) to new facilities at Mission Bay developed through a public-private partnership.
    —March 2014 (PDF: 52 pages, 4.3 MB)
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  • Europe and the Bay Area: Investing in Each Other assesses the economic links between the Silicon Valley/San Francisco Bay Area and Europe, concentrating on technology, innovation and entrepreneurial activity.
    —April 2014 (PDF: 62 pages, 6.2 MB)
    Economic connections from the report and announcements of European-themed business and economic programs are featured here: www.bayareaeconomy.org/europeconnections
  • 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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