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Regional Impact Analyses and the Appropriate Treatment of public budget constraints under devolution : an application to Scottish Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)

Hermannsson, Kristinn; Lisenkova, Katerina; McGregor, … - 2010 - Draft, June 2010

There have been numerous studies of the "impact" of HEIs on their host regions. These have typically focused on the demand for goods and services in the host region. The best of these studies employ regional input-output analyses. However, there has developed a "policy scepticism" about the...

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How to measure the local economic impact of the universities' third mission activities?

Zuti, Bence; Lukovics, Miklós - 2014

classification of first, second and third generation universities. The traditional activities of universities have broadened. Beyond … the high-quality of education (first generation universities) high-quality research is also necessary (second generation … universities), furthermore it is also important that the scientific results should be adapted by the local economy (third …

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The local impact and multiplier effect of universities in Lower Saxony on the labour market

Stöver, Britta - 2018

This paper quantifies and compares the direct and indirect effects of labour demand generated by each university location in Lower Saxony. The results are classified in order to identify regional patterns. The applied method is based on three components: the importance, the dynamics and the...

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Consumption expenditures in economic impact studies : an application to university students

Hermannsson, Kristinn; McGregor, Peter G.; Swales, John Kim - 2013

We raise the issue of how appropriately to attribute economic impact to consumption expenditures. Despite the salience of the topic for applied economics it has not received much explicit attention in recent literature. In Input-Output analysis consumption expenditures are either treated as...

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Expenditure and displacement effects of students in the periphery : impact on the Scottish Highlands and Islands

Hermannsson, Kristinn - 2015

A ubiquitous feature of life in peripheral communities is that school leavers have to move away to attend further and higher education. From the point of view of an individual student and his family significant amounts have to be spent to pay for term time costs. These are at least partially...

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Evolution of regional disparities in Romania : a shift-share analysis

Chilian, Mihaela-Nona - 2011

The paper aims to assess the evolution of the development disparities (output, employment, overall and by sectors) in the regions and counties of Romania. Using classic and spatial shift-share analysis tools, we investigate the extent to which the existing interregional and, especially,...

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Competitiveness factors at national and regional level : a panel analysis for Romania

Chilian, Mihaela Nona - 2012

The paper attempts to identify with the help of a panel model the presence of common or divergent development patterns and some significant factors of competitiveness at national and regional level (mainly regarding investment and employment, overall and by main economic sectors). The results...

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Development gaps in the Sud Muntenia region of Romania

Iordan, Marioara; Albu, Lucian-Liviu; Ghizdeanu, Ion; … - 2013

Development gaps are a common feature throughout the regions of the European Union, and Romania is no exception. Despite all the political and financial efforts, the convergence process is lengthy and complex, and the gaps with the deepest economic and social roots are the most difficult to be...

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The regional significance of university locations in Lower Saxony

Stöver, Britta - 2019

Universities are important economic actors in having a considerable impact on the demand and supply side of their local …

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Analysing Regional Sustainability Through a Systemic Approach : The Lombardy Case Study

Caratti, Pietro; Ferraguto, Ludovico - 2014

The intrinsic complexity of the sustainability concept challenges research towards more sophisticated ways to model and assess the dimensions underlying it. However, currently adopted modeling techniques and indicators frameworks are not able to give an integrated assessment through the...

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