LVB.com (Lehigh Valley Business.com) published an article centered around the research conducted by ESI for the Pennsylvania Waste Industries Association (PWIA) called “Waste Industry Contributes $4.2B to Pa. Economy”. LVB.com highlighted that the waste industry is profitable for PA based on supporting facts from ESI’s research report. “The municipal waste collection, recycling and disposal industry in […]
Read MoreESI President Stephen Mullin was quoted by Philly.com for his participation in the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce panel discussion, “Region on the Rise: Construction Investment in Greater Philadelphia”, on April 3rd, 2014. The program provided 200 officials from construction companies, government agencies, and trade unions, with insight into real estate and construction industry trends for 2014. […]
Read MoreESI has been working with the Philadelphia City Council on a project that will bring affordable housing to Philadelphia. Officials announced in March their plan to increase this city’s stock of affordable housing by using tax incentives and bond proceeds to redevelop 1,500 vacant, city-owned properties over the next two to three years. The plan is […]
Read MoreESI Senior Vice President Lee Huang was quoted in a PlanPhilly.com article on the Keystone Opportunity Zone program in Philadelphia. According to the Controller’s report, the KOZ program has abated city and school district taxes by more $380 million, ostensibly stimulating business in the Philadelphia region. From PlanPhilly’s article: “Lee Huang, an economist with Econsult Corporation, praised […]
Read MoreESI President Stephen Mullin was interviewed by WHYY’s NewsWorks for the story: “Despite challenges, Philly Construction Projects on the Rise.” Construction cranes stretching into the skyline across several sections of Philadelphia give rise to hopes that the city has shaken the shackles that constrained new building during the recession. NewsWorks Tonight’s Host, Dave Heller, spoke about the recent uptick […]
Read MoreThis working paper by ESI Director of Research and Senior Economist, Adam Ozimek, examines the implications of sticky rents on the measurement of owner-occupied housing in the Consumer Price Index (CPI). “It holds that market and not average rents are the most theoretically justified measurement of owners’ equivalent rent (OER), and that the current measurement of […]
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