Toward a National Strategic Investment Framework

30 Pages Posted: 18 Dec 2009

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Mark A. Pisano

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Daniel A. Mazmanian

University of Southern California - Sol Price School of Public Policy

Richard G. Little

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Industrial and Systems Engineering

Alison Linder

University of Southern California

Bev Perry

University of Southern California - Sol Price School of Public Policy

Date Written: May 1, 2009

Abstract

This paper brings together three major themes in laying out a roadmap for the economic vitality of the United States in the global arena of the 21st century. First, megaregions, in the US and around the world are become the crucibles of economic growth and development as they compete across, if not more than within, national borders. Second, national policies can encourage and facilitate regions in this competition, but especially in view of the cumbersome governing processes in place today in the US, policies must be outcome-based to simultaneously achieve economic development, environmental protection, and equity. Third, the greatest challenge to realizing this approach is the resistance from existing institutions and interests in moving to outcome-based policy.

Keywords: megaregions, regions, infrastructure, outcome-based policy, Southern

Suggested Citation

Pisano, Mark A. and Mazmanian, Daniel and Little, Richard G. and Linder, Alison and Perry, Bev, Toward a National Strategic Investment Framework (May 1, 2009). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1523948 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1523948

Mark A. Pisano (Contact Author)

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Daniel Mazmanian

University of Southern California - Sol Price School of Public Policy ( email )

Los Angeles, CA 90089-0626
United States

Richard G. Little

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Industrial and Systems Engineering ( email )

Troy, NY 12180
United States

Alison Linder

University of Southern California ( email )

699 Exposition Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90089
United States

Bev Perry

University of Southern California - Sol Price School of Public Policy ( email )

Los Angeles, CA 90089-0626
United States

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