RESEARCH

• Executive summaries of select RCF publications may be downloaded below.  For additional information or to receive a full copy of any of these reports, please contact us at info@rcfecon.com

These are examples of our work.

Industry and Market Economics

• The Oil and Gas Industry in the Illinois Economy
• Pros and Cons of Call Around Markets
• Chicago Living Wage Study
• Economic Future of Upper Midwest States

Energy Economics

• Hydrogen Production and Delivery as a Complex Adaptive System
• Effects of a Transition to a Hydrogen Economy on Employment in the United States
•  The Economic Future of Nuclear Power

Environmental Economics

•  Investment Niche Or Necessity? Climate Change, Land Use, and Energy
•  Executive_Summary,_Economic_Impact_Assessment_of_M
•  Local Economic Effects of Impaired Recreation Water Quality
•  Impact of Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy and Cap-and-Trade on the Midwest State Economies

Real Estate and Urban Economics

•  Property Values and Tax Rates Near Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage
•  Economic Impacts of Real Estate Transactions
•  Effectiveness Tax Increment Financing in Chicago
•  Export_Promotion_-_Import_Substitution_Strategy_Re
•  RCF_Infrastructure_Strategy_Report_Final,_Summary
•  RCF_Infrastructure_Strategy_Report_Final,_Summary
• Innovation Strategy
• Chicago Databook 2008
• Chicago Databook 2006