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Hunch and intuition coupled with a little quantitative analysis is at least as good as hunch and intuition alone.
~Walter Isard
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Ed Whitelaw
Ed Whitelaw is the founder and Chairman of the Board of ECONorthwest. He has taught at the University of Oregon since 1967 where he is a professor of economics. He specializes in urban and regional economics, resource and environmental economics, and the economic consequences of policy decisions. He has testified before administrative, legislative, congressional, and judicial bodies on a variety of economic issues.
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Ph.D. Economics, M.I.T.
B.A. Economics, Political Science, and Mathematics, University of Montana
Advisory Positions
| 1991- | Board of Economists, Eugene Register Guard |
| 1989-05 | Oregon Progress Board, State of Oregon |
| 1995-98 | National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology, Environmental Protection Agency |
| 1987-92 | Forecast Panel, Pacific Northwest Executive |
| 1988-90 | Board of Advisors, Northwest Policy Center, University of Washington |
| 1980-90 | Board of Directors, Pacific Northwest Regional Economic Conference |
| 1987-89 | Economic Development Commission, State of Oregon |
| 1986-87 | Board of Directors, Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Partnership |
| 1984-86 | Board of Economists, Portland Business Journal |
| 1979-86 | Head, Real Estate Research Committee, Eugene-Springfield |
| 1984-85 | Business Forecast Panel, Oregonian |
| 1984 | Demand Forecasting Advisory Committee, Northwest Power Planning Council |
| 1981-83 | Scientific and Statistical Advisory Committee, Northwest Regional Power Planning Council |
| 1980-82 | Governor's Council of Economic Advisors, State of Oregon |
| 1977-78 | Advisory Committee on Economic Decline and Fiscal Stress in Cities, President's Domestic Council |
| 1977-78 | Task Force on Local Economic Planning, Oregon Department of Economic Development |
| 1976-77 | Advisory Committee, National Science Foundation Project on Onshore Impacts of Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration and Development |
Employment
| 1981- | Professor, Department of Economics, University of Oregon |
| 2009- | Chairman of the Board, ECONorthwest |
| 1974-2009 | President, ECONorthwest |
| 1987-90 | President, Economic Policy Institute Northwest (EPI) |
| 1970-81 | Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Oregon |
| 1974-75 | Staff Economist, Oregon Coastal Conservation and Development Commission |
| 1970-71 | Visiting Research Fellow, Director of Urban Studies, Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, Kenya (financed by the University Development Program, Rockefeller Foundation) |
| 1970-71 | Chief Economist, Nairobi Urban Study (financed by the Nairobi City Council, the Kenya Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, and the United Nations Development Program) |
| 1967-70 | Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Oregon |
| 1967-70 | Research Associate, Bureau of Governmental Research, University of Oregon |