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On 11/24/09, Dr. Larry G. Bray, Research professor of Economics at the University of Tennessee (UT) writes, "You have been kind enough to allow us to use as class material your web book An Introduction to Regional Science by Hoover and Giarratani. This web book forms the basis for much of the course and complements added material assigned to the class.  You have done an excellent job in creating this document, which we feel which is the best available regional economics textbook.  Thanks again for your commitment to the support of higher education in our colleges and universities.  You are going a great job."