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Essays from our Present Value blog, news from the firm, and our analysts in the press.
The Dimensions of Philadelphia’s Democratic Primaries
Elections can be challenging to model. Philadelphia, in a Democratic primary, has 66 wards, over 100 candidates, and thousands of issues. And wards,…
The Economy Under Trump: What to Expect?
ESI Principal and President Richard Voith recently gave a presentation for Manko Gold Katcher & Fox, an Environment and Energy Law Practice, outlining the…
Step by Step: A Guide of How ESI Uses ‘R’
This Step-by-Step post is the first in a series of 3 blogposts, each post will be written by an ESI analyst and…
Turning Fiscal Impact Analysis Upside Down
Over the last year, our Community Data Analytics (CDA) team has been busy presenting this groundbreaking methodology to assess development-related impacts to…
Philadelphia Housing Values Have Surged
The 2016 Housing Market has Benefitted Neighborhoods Across the City The ESI Philadelphia Housing Index (PHI) has been updated with data through…
Rent, Buy or Sell – Here’s How Digital Can Help
Technology has been the driver of numerous changes across all business areas and real estate is no exception. It is now possible…
Examining Philly’s Voter Turnout
Local Elections and Turnout The 2017 Philadelphia primaries are now mere months away. So far in this space, I’ve examined the role…
Defining Transformation in Wealth Management
Danny Vincente, Financial Services Market Manager of Cisco's Global Private Sector Industries explains that wealth management firms must adapt to new business models,…
Will Hyper-Digitization Drive the Next Industrial Revolution
ThoughtLab CEO, Louis Celi reports on key findings of The Work Ahead in the January 19 issue of the EconoMonitor. ThoughtLab's research, conducted with…
Ballot Position Matters, Neighborhood by Neighborhood
Revisiting the effect of random ballot position In December, I looked at the effect of random ballot position on Philadelphia's Court of…
Philadelphia’s Partisan Elections: The Implications of a Rare System
In 2015, Philadelphia’s current Mayor and City Council were elected with a voter turnout of just 25.5 percent. In 2011, when there…
Philadelphia’s Skyline will Soar to New Heights in 2017
Happy New Year! The ESI team is excited to be back offering insight and resources through our blog, Present Value. For the first…
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