GEOFFREY J.D. HEWINGS

Regional Economics Applications Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,

607 S. Mathews, #236, Urbana, Illinois 61801-3671, hewings@uiuc.edu

Professional Preparation:

University of Birmingham , UK Geography B.A. (Hons.) 1965
University of Washington, Seattle Geography M.A. 1967, Ph.D. 1969
University of Kent at Canterbury, UK Economics 1970-1971

Appointments:

1996- Professor, Departments of Geography, Economics, Urban and Regional Planning

1989 Director, Regional Economics Applications Laboratory

1983-1990 Head of Geography Department, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois.

1983- Professor, Departments of Geography and Urban and Regional Planning.

1982-1983 Associate Professor, Departments of Geography and Urban and Regional Planning, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois.

1974-82 Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Illinois, Urbana.

1971-1974 Assistant Professor, University of Toronto, Ontario

1970-1971 Senior Research Associate, Center for Research in the Social Sciences and Seminar Instructor, Economics, University of Kent, Canterbury, England

Publications of Relevance to this Proposal:

• Philip R. Israilevich, Geoffrey J.D. Hewings, Michael Sonis and Graham R. Schindler, “Forecasting Structural Change with a Regional Econometric Input-Output Model,” Journal of Regional Science 37: 565-90 (1997)
• Michael Sonis and Geoffrey J.D. Hewings, “LDU-factorization of Miyazawa Income Multipliers in Multiregional Systems,” Annals of Regional Science 34, 569-589 (2000)
• Geoffrey J.D. Hewings, Michael Sonis, Jiemin Guo, Philip R. Israilevich and Graham R. Schindler, “The hollowing out process in the Chicago economy, 1975-2015,” Geographical Analysis, 30, 217-233 (1998)
• Karen R. Polenske and Geoffrey J.D. Hewings, “Trade and spatial economic interdependence,” Papers in Regional Science, 83 269-290 (2004)
• Jungyul Sohn, Tschangho John Kim, and Geoffrey J.D. Hewings, “Information technology impacts on urban spatial structure in the Chicago region,” Geographical Analysis 34, 313-329 (2002)

 Five Other Publications:

• Eduardo A. Haddad and Geoffrey J.D. Hewings, “Market imperfections in a spatial economy: some experimental results,” The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance 45, 476-496 (2005)
• Guo, Dong, Geoffrey J.D. Hewings and Michael Sonis, “Integrating Decomposition Approaches for the Analysis of Temporal Changes in Economic Structure: Application to Chicago’s economy from 1980 to 2000,” Economic Systems Research 17, 297-315 (2005)
• Yasuhide Okuyama, Michael Sonis and Geoffrey J.D. Hewings “Typology of Structural Change in a Regional Economy: A Temporal Inverse Analysis,” Studies in Regional Science (forthcoming, 2006)
• Miguel A. Márquez, Julián Ramajo, and Geoffrey J.D. Hewings “Measuring externalities in regional growth: an empirical approach” Environment and Planning A (forthcoming, 2006)
• Suahasil Nazara, Geoffrey J. D. Hewings and Michael Sonis “An exploratory analysis of hierarchical spatial interaction: the case of regional income shares in Indonesia,” Journal of Geographical Systems (forthcoming, 2006)

Synergistic Activities

1. Development of the Regional Economics Applications Laboratory, a joint venture between the University of Illinois and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago to serve as a vehicle to transfer analytical modeling analysis to public policy decision-making.

2. Joint research agreement with the Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI) in Tokyo, Japan to link lifeline recovery systems analysis with economic models.

Collaborators and Other Affiliations:

(i) David Boyce, University of Illinois, Chicago

Kazumi Hitomi, CRIEPI, Tokyo, Japan

Jerry Sacks, National Institute of Statistical Sciences

Stanley Changnon, Illinois State Water Survey

Michael Sonis, Bar Ilan University, Israel

T. John Kim, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

(ii) Ph.D. and Post-Doctoral Advisors

Charles Tiebout (until his death in 1968); Douglas Fleming, both University of Washington.

Harry Richardson (now University of S. California) and A.P. Thirlwall – both at University of Kent

(iii) Graduate Student Advisees (since 1994)

Oliver Fritz (Joanneum Research, Vienna) (Ph.D. Economics); Eamon Boyle (J. Walter Thompson, Detroit) (Ph.D. Geography); Guo Jiemin (Bureau of Economic Analysis, US Department of Commerce) (Ph.D. Urban and Regional Planning); Bambang Brodjonegoro (LPEM, Universitas Indonesia) (Ph.D. Urban and Regional Planning); Eduardo A. Haddad (FIPE, University of São Paulo, Brazil) (Ph.D. Economics); Yasuhide Okuyama ( West Virginia Univ.) (Ph.D. Urban and Regional Planning); André Magalhães (Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil) (Ph.D. Economics); Darla Munroe (Indiana University) (Ph.D. Geography); Jungyul Sohn (University of Maryland) (Ph.D. Geography); Nuzul Achjar (LPEM, University of Indonesia) (Ph.D. Geography); Becky Zerlentes (Fort Collins, CO) (Ph.D. Geography) Mônica Haddad (Iowa State University) (Ph.D. Urban and Regional Planning), Suahasil Nazara (University of Indonesia) (Ph.D. Urban and Regional Planning), J. Fernando Vial (Universidad Catolica del Norte, Chile) (Ph.D. Urban and Regional Planning). Total graduate students sponsored >50 (1974-present)