ECONorthwest
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ECONorthwest is a consultancy based in the U.S. state of Oregon.
ECONorthwest specializes in providing economic, financial, and land use planning analysis to public and private entities. It is the largest economics consultancy based in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. While the firm focuses primarily on projects involving the Pacific Northwest, the firm has an been engaged in projects throughout the United States, as well as Canada, Mexico, Europe, and Micronesia.
ECONorthwest was founded in 1974 by W. Ed Whitelaw, a University of Oregon economics professor.[1]
ECONorthwest developed OregonHelps![2], a website that won the Stockholm Challenge in 2004.[3]
ECONorthwest economist Randall Pozdena first identified a crisis in Oregon's public employee retirement system that precipitated large-scale reforms of the system in 2003.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Ed Whitelaw's Home Page. University of Oregon. Retrieved on 2006-11-19.
- ^ Oregon Helps!. Retrieved on 2006-11-19.
- ^ Oregon Helps. Stockholm Challenge. Retrieved on 2006-11-19.
- ^ PERS: Is it too broken to fix?. Portland Tribune. Retrieved on 2006-11-19.
