WILBUR R THOMPSON

Biographic Data

ID5753577
NAMEWILBUR R THOMPSON
GIVEN NAMESWILBUR R
FAMILY NAMETHOMPSON
SIGNATURETHOMPSON W R
AFFILIATIONSWayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS21
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1960
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1987
H-INDEX3

  • National Industries and Local Occupational Strengths

    Open AccessWILBUR R THOMPSON, Philip R ThompsonARTICLEUrban Studies1987Cited by: 7References: 7

  • Accounting for Municipal Economic Development

    WILBUR R THOMPSON, Philip E ThompsonARTICLEJournal of Urban Affairs1986Cited by: 1

    Local economic development analysis typically emphasizes the metropolitan area, rather than municipalities, because it is the basic economic space, but it is not a strong unit of local government. Brief reference is made here to parallel research published elsewhere on a coordinated metropolitan development model and then focus shifts to a municipal model that evaluates the position, prospects, and potential of a given piece of space within the l…

  • Cities in Transition

    Open AccessWILBUR R THOMPSONARTICLEThe Annals of the American…1986Cited by: 5

    The local industry mix provides the conventional framework within which a city's economic position and prospects are evaluated and its redevelopment is planned. The industrial approach has been complemented here with an occupational-functional approach that measures the comparative advantage—competitive position—of a given urban area along five broad paths of economic development: entrepreneurship, central management, research and development, pr…

  • The National System of Cities as an Object of Public Policy

    Open AccessWILBUR R THOMPSONARTICLEUrban Studies1972Cited by: 8

  • A preface to urban economics.

    WILBUR R THOMPSONBOOKA preface to urban economics.1968

  • An Econometric Model of Postwar State Industrial Development

    James M Henderson, WILBUR R THOMPSON et al.ARTICLEThe Review of Economics and…1960

  • The Role of the Product Market in State Industrial Development

    Open AccessJohn M Mattila, WILBUR R THOMPSONARTICLEPapers of the Regional Science…1960