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Baker/Passmore Interview about rate cap study aired on WITF-FM

Submitted by davidpassmore
on Fri, 2011-03-11 13:58

WITF LogoAired on Mon, 08 Sep 2008 5:55:38 EDT

(State College) -- A new study from Penn State is predicting Pennsylvania's economy will take a major hit when rate caps expire in two years. When electricity rates increase, the report says consumers will compensate for the cost by cutting back on other purchases.

Researcher David Passmore says that will ultimately create an economic slowdown for the Commonwealth.
[Listen to Passmore interview]
Passmore estimates a ten percent cost hike could mean a loss of 9,600 jobs, and that many of those will come from the retail sector.

Baker interviewed about PA auto market on WITF-FM, Harrisburg

Submitted by davidpassmore
on Fri, 2011-03-11 13:55

Released by WITF-FM on Thu, 11 Dec 2008 5:56:39 EST:

(State College) -- During recessions, consumers cut back on major purchases like cars and homes. A new study says shrinking automobile sales mean bad news for Pennsylvania's economy. The Commonwealth doesn't have as many ties to the auto industry as Michigan does. But Rose Baker, the director of Penn State's Center for Regional Economic and Workforce Analysis, says it's a $24 billion business in Pennsylvania. That includes dealerships, repair shops and factories. Baker says when that industry loses money, the whole state suffers.

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Baker and Passmore on Pittsburgh's WDUQ-FM: Green Jobs

Submitted by davidpassmore
on Fri, 2011-03-11 13:51

An interview with Rose Baker and David Passmore aired on WDUQ-FM, a Pittsburgh NPR affiliate, about their recently released report, Benchmark Employment in Representative Pennsylvania Green Occupations, 2005–2008. A WDUQ news report, Researchers ask "What's a Green Job?" to accompany the on-air interview is available at the WDUQ-FM blog.

Baker/Passmore interviewed on "Take Note" about research on removal of electricity rate caps in Pennsylvania

Submitted by davidpassmore
on Fri, 2011-03-11 13:50

Take Note RadioListen to an interview with Rose Baker and David Passmore about the economic impact of the elimination of electricity rate caps that aired on March 1, 2009, on WPSU-FM, a public radio affiliate at Penn State.

From the Take Note web site:
"For the past decade, the rate you've been paying for electricity has been capped. That's scheduled to change next year. By some estimates, consumers could pay 50 percent more for power. We talk with David Passmore and Rose Baker, two Penn State researchers who have forecast the statewide impact of that change.

Baker/Passmore interviewed on WITF-FM about economic importance of military installations

Submitted by davidpassmore
on Fri, 2011-03-11 13:48

Rose Baker and David Passmore were interviewed on WITF-FM, public radio for the Harrisburg area, about the economic role of Pennsylvania midstate military installations in a program that was broadcast on August 1, 2007.

Interview about Offshorability Study on Fox Business Network

Submitted by davidpassmore
on Fri, 2011-03-11 09:31

On Fox Business NetworkOn July 23, 2010, an interview was broadcast on the Fox Business Network about the Institute for Research in Training & Development (IRTD) study of the susceptibility of jobs in Pennsylvania service-producing occupations to offshoring.The IRTD is one of the partners in the Penn State Workforce Education & Development Initiative.

A summary of the study was provided on Penn State Live and in an article carried by the Associated Press. Radio PA distributed an audio interview to radio stations in Pennsylvania.

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