Affiliated Faculty Profile

Arthur Silvers

Professor and Director, School of Public Administration and Policy
Ph.D. in Regional Science, University of Pennsylvania, 1972

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Research interests: Public policy impacts on income distribution and employment in U.S.-Mexican borderlands; strategic planning and program evaluation in government and nonprofits; Methods of program planning and evaluation; borderlands economies and regional economic development

Area studies courses:   Public Policy Economics, Public Policy Analysis, Analytic Methods in Planning and Management

Selected Publications

Silvers, A. “Stakeholder Beliefs and Model Specification in Policy Analysis: Application to the U.S. – Mexico Maquiladora Program.” Fundacao Konrad Adenauer and CAEN, Univ. Federal de Ceara,

Silvers, A.  2004. “Lower Income, Higher Income: Impacts of the Maquiladoras on Both Sides of the Border.” In V. K. Pavlakovich and B. Morehouse, eds., Challenged Borderlands. Ashgate Publishing.

Silvers, A. 2001. “Cultural Barriers and Policy Response in the Transboundary Transmission of Development: a Comparative Study.” In R. Miller and M. Lahr, eds., Regional Science Perspectives in Economic Analysis: A Festschrift in Memory of Benjamin H. Stevens. North Holland, Elsevier Science.

Silvers, A. 2000. “Limited Linkage, Demand Shifts, and the Transboundary Transmission of
Regional Growth.” Journal of Regional Studies, May.