1143:. I would not draw any conclusions beyond those directly indicated by the data (for example, that the manufacturing sector of a given metropolitan area is larger than the U.S. average). I checked the detailed description of the policy of No Original Research because I was concerned that others might object to this information on those grounds. But the policy seems to allow arithmetic calculations using clearly sourced data. I want to see if others agree that this would be an acceptable way to strengthen our coverage of regional economies. So my proposal is to provide simple economic base analyses of U.S. metropolitan areas. Forgive me if my presentation departs from the norms here. I've been an infrequent editor for years and am not familiar with these norms. I appreciate your contribution to the consensus on my proposal.
1203:– which has two sources, one of them an applied research project submitted "in Partial Fulfillment for the Requirements for the Degree of Masters of Public Administration" – this theory of economic analysis does not seem to be especially popular. If this is something you're interested in, maybe a first step would be to expand that article with more sources, and examples of economic base analysis using real data of major US cities could be included there.
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