Productivity and Prosperity

Sunbelt Growth and the Knowledge Economy: An Exploratory Analysis


Dennis Hoffman, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics, University Economist, and Director, L. William Seidman Research Institute
Timothy Hogan, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate, L. William Seidman Research Institute and Professor Emeritus, Department of Economics

Examines the education and income characteristics of migrants to the Sunbelt and the economic performance of the Sunbelt, with a focus on economic development and the knowledge economy.


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Dennis Hoffman, Ph.D.
Dennis Hoffman, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics, University Economist, and Director, L. William Seidman Research Institute

Dennis received a B.A. in economics and mathematics from Grand Valley State University, a M.S. in economics from Michigan State University, and a Ph.D. in economics from Michigan State University in 1978. He has served on the faculty of the Department of Economics at ASU since 1979, as director of ASU’s L. William Seidman Research Institute since 2004, and as the director of the Office of the University Economist since 2005.

Timothy Hogan, Ph.D.
Timothy Hogan, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate, L. William Seidman Research Institute and 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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