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An Overview of the Household Location Decision Process, with a Focus on Arizona
Senior Research Associate, L. William Seidman Research Institute; Professor Emeritus, Department of Economics
Discusses the factors important to an individual contemplating making a long-distance move, evaluates the desirability of Arizona and its major metropolitan areas, and examines migration trends.
Senior Research Associate, L. William Seidman Research Institute; Professor Emeritus, Department of Economics
After earning a B.A. in economics from the University of California at Berkeley, Tim received a M.A. in economics from the University of California at Davis and a Ph.D. in economics from Virginia Tech University in 1971. Tim was a faculty member in the ASU Department of Economics from 1970 until he retired in 2004. He began working for the predecessor of the L. William Seidman Research Institute in the 1970s and has been associated with the Institute since it was established, serving as director from 1995 through 2004.
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